Calista Catherine and Cassandra Claire Brady: Rogers Lake

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!)

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Rogers Lake

Scott's cousin Tara (Carol is her mom) along with her husband Kurt and kids Cameron and Sidney met us at the lake house at Rogers Lake on Saturday. Cameron found mussels in the lake, and he and Gpa had a competition to see who could find the most worms. I have to say that Cameron definitely came in 1st. Ah...summer! A special thanks to the Manal family (Tara et al) for all the cute toys, beautiful clothes and wonderful winter coats for Calista. Wow -- we are so fortunate to have such generous family. Calista's Aunt Kiki (Kirsten) also came down for the weekend so on Saturday we had a blast. Calista loves her Aunt Kiki and every time I sing "Little Sufer Girl" to Calista she asks for Kiki! So sweet. Calista can also pick Kiki out of photos in our photobooks at home. (It's actually kind of funny that sometimes when she sees old pictures of me she thinks they are Kiki!) Finally, I have to mention that Calista was absolutely mesmorized by the motor boat. She said "boat" over and over, and when you ask her what the boat says she goes "brrrm brrrm." She also started signing boat with her hands. One day Scott and I took Calista on a canoe on the lake and she was in heaven - so quiet, really paying attention to every detail. She really loves boats now, as you can see.