33 weeks (7 weeks to go)!!!

     Well, it is a bit delayed, but I have a new update for those of you dying to hear about my pregnancy!! ;) I am 33 weeks pregnant or, more importantly, 7 weeks from my due date! YIKES!!!  Baby Steckler is approximately 4 lbs and 17 inches long!  It seems that the baby/fruit professionals have deemed her a pineapple this week (better than a kumquat)!  It often times feels like baby Steckler is doing Tae Bo in belly, and I have to admit it is a bit weird to see my stomach move through my clothes, but very cool all the same!
      As for me....I am still feeling great.  Our house is pretty much finished from the remodel (pics on the way), I am still able to walk with Rocky most days and make it to the gym.  I seem to be much more hungry, and I have started waking up around 4 a.m. and, of course, I start thinking about a big bowl of cereal!  I was a bit sad yesterday because I had trouble putting on my socks.  Granted, i was wearing skinny (maternity) jeans, but I like to tuck my jeans into my socks and then pull on my boots.  I was sad because I was struggling to reach my feet, and my first thought was "oh no, danny will never be able to tuck my sock in the way i like it"!! 
     The baby showers have begun, and they are sooo fun!  Baby Steckler has gotten some great gifts, and I am so excited for my next one in Leitchfield!  All in all!!! It has come to my attention that I am a very blessed mom-to-be, and I pray that things continue to stay the same.  Our pastor just happened to preach about "parenting" this weekend at church, ironic I think not, so I will leave you all with a passage that I hope I can impress on baby Steckler...

Deuteronomy 6: 5-7 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.  these words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.  You shall teach them diligently to your children and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.