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!!