Wordy friends! Word lovers! Scrabble players!

By golly we are feeling... generous today.
No new baby information except that everyone is refusing to sleep EVER and keeping Sarah up all day and night. No new weights or pictures..
HOWEVER! We've decided to give you a super hard hint as to the names. This one requires a lot of skill. It's a cryptogram. If you don't already know how to do one, the instructions are at the bottom. Once you decode the cryptogram sentence, you should be able to rearrange the letters and get each of the kids' first and middle names. (The names will be individually written, letters may be repeated from first to middle, first to first and middle to first.)
Good luck!!
Please, share what you think the names are in the comments section below (and know that we will not tell you if you are correct, but you will have proof if you are in fact correct.)

Sibling Rivalry...

Week 28 has arrived! Yesterday we got new photos and weights. If you look back, they are in a little weight competition.. First she was heavier, then him, and now she has regained that title :)
OK, OK, so we don't really WANT competition between them but they've decided it and so it shall be!


Baby A (girl):

2lb 11 oz







Baby B (boy):

2lb 8oz







Since the photos aren't spectacular, we put arrows on the girl to signify two body parts to help you see. The black arrow is pointing to an arm, which is perched under her chin. The red arrow is pointing to her face. The boy won't grace us with a profile view (perhaps saving his cuteness for arrival?), so what you see is what you get: a spine.

Meanwhile, we decided that since you have all been oh-so-patient, we will give you another hint as to their names! Yes, its true. This one doesn't require decoding, like the earlier one did.. (Plus, that was apparently too hard for many.) The sentence below in green (<--that word not included) has a bunch of letters in it. If you scramble the letters, first and middle names will be revealed! (Last name is obviously Frank.)
Good luck, and have a nice day!!

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

New Pics :)

On Wednesday we went back for another sonogram, a chance to see the kiddies.

Baby A (girl):

 

1lb 11oz










Baby B (boy):

1lb 12oz








The pictures aren't great - but with A you can see the head. She is facing Sarah's back/spine. Baby B's head is also on the right hand of the photo. In some images, it appeared that they were cuddled together - his head on her chest near her neck. Too cute for words!!

Otherwise, they are looking very good. Heartbeats and sizes are on target for their age.
In the coming weeks we will be preparing the nursery... We just got paint, Stef will paint next week while Sarah is off to the mall to waste time (i.e. not breathe fumes), and following that, we will be off to DC for a long weekend to allow the apartment to air out. We also have purchased "ABC" letters with animals on them, so it will match our animal theme. We are planning on getting 10-12" letters of their names (a hint at the bottom) to hang over the cribs - just the first initial, not the whole name. We are hoping to have their room set up (except the letters, so we can share the room with you) by mid to late August.
Time sure is flying!!!




Now, for your hint. The letters we are getting are out of this selection (hidden text, can you figure out how to read it?):
  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Any guesses to their names? ;-)
Enjoy the summer day friends and family!

Get your bum outta my face!

Got to see the babies yesterday. Both are growing and moving very nicely and the doctors are happy. Their weights and femur lengths are right on target :)

Girl baby:

1lb 7oz

If you look closely, you can see her hand on her face, near her eyes. She was not sucking her thumb, though her mouth was moving - nothing was near/in it.

Boy baby:

1lb 5oz

He was a little less cooperative for a photo op and, as the tech put it, "His tushy is in front of his sisters face!"

Outside of the photos, we are just getting ourselves as ready as we can for their arrival. Stef has only a few days left at school, and will be busy busy until then. Then we are taking a short trip for her birthday to the Berkshires, hopefully to DC after that and then its home for the summer (with only a few VERY short trips) to set up the nursery. 

23 weeks 5 days today.. 16 weeks and 2 days to go!

Hi!

Sarah here (Stef isn't as into the posting, even though she loves the sharing)..
I realized that we got profile shots of the babies and never posted them! Silly us...
Before that, a poke of fun at my birthday mother (send her birthday wishes today, June 16!).. I called to wish her a happy day and before hanging up she said, "I'm sorry, I forgot. What did you say the kids names were?" Silly her! She thought she could use the early morning and my lack of sleep against me! First off, we didn't tell her or anyone else the names we've been considering. There's a reason for this. It's a seeeeeeeeeecwet! Second off, was I supposed to believe that my mother forgot her unborn grandchildren's names??? She's not THAT old! hehe
That fun aside, here's the profile shots!!

Baby A:

Baby B:

And the doctor said (last week I think?), "well now, these are going to be some CUTE kids!" :)

With that, I leave you to have a happy and healthy day.

No new pictures :(

The doctors office sonogram machine is stinky! The images are never good enough for printing..
Regardless, everyone is doing well. Thats about all there is to report, haha

Faces!

I know, I know.. I've been busy and haven't uploaded the latest photos.. 

That said, I'm finally uploading them! These are from last week. The technician only gave us photos of their profiles, so I've picked the clearest to share. :)

Baby A:

Baby B:

Only ~19 weeks to go!

Oh, and for those of you that are curious (and haven't asked..) We ARE thinking about names and we are NOT disclosing that information to anyone, at all. A few people have asked, so I figured I'd put it out there before more questions came. 

The names will be announced following their birth. :)  Thank you for understanding

Enjoy the day!!!  -Sarah