Calista Catherine and Cassandra Claire Brady: A Great Day: Heidi Visits and a Trip to the Zoo!

About Calista and Cassandra

Calista Catherine was born at 5:32 am on February 15, 2007. She weighed 8 lb 1 oz and was 21" long. She was born with a "true" knot in her umbilical cord, which is rare (it only happens in 1 out of ~8,000 births) and is supposedly both auspicious and a sign that she will be wise. She was excited to show up for the birthday of her grandmother Eloise, so they now have that in common along with a middle name.

Cassandra Claire was born at 5:37 am on October 17, 2009. She weighed 8 lb 4 oz and was 20.5" long. She is a quintuple Libra - her sun, moon, rising, Mercury and Venus are all in Libra - so we think she will be very fair, balanced and aesthetic. Her middle name is Brisen's paternal grandmother's middle name (Evelyne Claire Vannice).

Both girls were born at the wonderful CPMC in San Francisco, in Laurel Village, in the exact same delivery room (one of only two big rooms!) which their mom thinks is a very special thing.

Calista and Cassandra both derive from Greek mythology. Calista means "most beautiful," and is part of a myth involving Zeus, Hera and the Ursa Major constellation. Cassandra was the daughter of Hecuba and Priam, the king of Troy, and endowed with the gift of prophecy but fated by Apollo never to be believed. (We've promised our Cassandra to take her predicitions seriously!)

Monday, May 26, 2008

A Great Day: Heidi Visits and a Trip to the Zoo!

My friend Heidi was visiting from DC and stopped by for a quick visit and trip to the playground. It was sooo great catching up!

Afterwards, Calista and I went to the San Francisco Zoo, of which we recently became members so we can visit often. She was in heaven seeing the quack quack ducks and crawling through a little tunnel like a prairy dog. There is so much wide open space for her to run and walk, that it's a great place to take her at this age. We also saw the giraffe feeding, which was pretty fun to watch.