Children?

I am 28 years old and working on my degree. We do not have any kids right now, but we have decided if it happens it will. We believe everything happens for a reason. When we first got together we didn't want kids right away. We wanted to enjoy each other and do things without children. Also, my husband really thought I should get my degree before conceiving. I think the thinking behind that would be that I probably wouldn't finish school if a baby came along. But what was realized was that plenty of women do that now and have no problem! Now that we are older and more mature we would love children. I am pretty sure that is has A LOT to do with all of my cousins and my only sister has kid(s). So therefore we are the only ones (on my moms side) that do not have children. Our niece is our world right now-she is awesome only being 3 years old. So keeping her when she was about 6 months old, I think changed our minds. We are done doing the things we want to do. We are not getting any younger. Our attitudes have changed a lot since we have gotten together. So at this point if it happens that is wonderful and if it doesn't we will look to other ways to have children. You know also I think about this all the time: I would hate it if we cannot conceive on our own due to we would know this child is wanted and planned. There are so many children out there that women have and treat them like trash. Really? Do kids need or deserve that? There are people that have many kids (get pregnant if you look at them kind of thing) and then there is couples that cannot conceive at all (trying for years). You hear about all these parents beating, burning and killing their children. So again, if we cannot conceive on our own, there are plenty of way to become parents. We have dogs, a house, cars, wonderful marriage and jobs so I think one thing is missing and that is a beautiful child.