Calista Catherine and Cassandra Claire Brady: Ashland Trip Day 1

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!)

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Ashland Trip Day 1

Calista and I went to Ashland the last weekend in July and had so much fun together. She was amazing on the plane both ways, and I think especially enjoyed getting out of the SF fog as much as I did! On the first day, we went to Grants Pass to see my Grandpa Charles, Aunt Susan, and dad and Mary (Grandpa Michael and Mummy to Calista). We took Calista to a little park and even stopped to smell some flowers (Calista calls them "wahwahs") at the home where my Great Aunt and Uncle used to live. Talk about a small town!