Today is the day after our first official visit to the doctor. Yesterday, we had our first ultra sound of Baby Meyers, and it was an AMAZING experience!

It started with a blood draw that Karlene almost didn't make it through. She gets really woozy when people take her blood. She made it however and did a great job. After the blood draw and other various tasks that we won't bore you with, we headed to the ultrasound room. Karlene and I were virtually holding our breath because we didn't think that everything that was happening to us was really happening to us. We knew that if we saw our baby, it would make it more real. As the doctor seached for signs of life, he finally focused on our developing child. What made an incredible moment even more incredible was that we saw the baby's heart beating!! It was something that I will never forget. I kept looking at the ultrasound machine and then back at Karlene's belly and saying, "Our baby is there, it's really there!" It is mind boggling to think that there is another life growing inside Karlene. Life that we made together. Life that God is currently knitting together in the womb. WOW!

So here's all the official stuff:

At the time of the ultrasound, the baby was six weeks and three days old.

The expectant due date is September 18, 2009

If you look at the pic above, you will see a dark oval. In the oval, near the top left is another oval. If you look closely enough, the doctor placed two plus signs on the baby to mark its location. The baby is not the entire second oval, but on top of the second oval.

Karlene is doing well. She is exhausted most of the time, but I would be too if I were growing a baby inside of me!!

Karlene is pregnant!

Yes, the rumors are true, Karlene IS pregnant with our first child. I cannot begin to express the tremendous excitement that the two of us are experiencing at this time. You see, we have been married for twelve years already and never imagined that we would be this far into our marriage without children.
When we first got married, we decided that we would wait five years before trying to get pregnant. Those five years flew by, so we jokingly said we would wait five more years. Oddly enough, that time flew by also. Over four years ago, we decided it was our time to have a baby. We figured it would be easy, since all of our friends had no trouble getting pregnant. God had other plans for us...
As each year passed that we were not getting pregnant, we began to fear the worst. The last year and a half have been spent researching and talking to Dr. Anderson who is a fertility doctor. The first thing we learned from him was that both Karlene and I were fine physically, but odd that we couldn't get pregnant. His diagnosis basically was that there was no reason for us not to get pregnant which deeply concerned him.
In the meantime, our friends and family were getting pregnant (sometimes two or three times) while we were trying SO hard just for our first. It's strange how when you are trying so hard to get pregnant, you begin to notice how everyone in your community or life breaks the news to you that they are. Though you feel exicted for them, you hurt more inside as if something is wrong with you.
Still, we placed our trust in the Lord and kept our "nose to the grind" at trying to have a baby. Finally, on January 10th Karlene took a pregnancy test to confirm our greatest desire. We are pregnant!!