Calista Catherine and Cassandra Claire Brady: Friends and Daughters

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 2, 2009

Friends and Daughters

Two weekends ago we met up with Peter, Nathalie and Tyler and their twins Charlotte and Emilie, and Laura and Munir and their little girl Penelope who were up from LA. We met at Pete's then moised over for playground fun at Duboce Park. Great to see everyone - even if we didn't get to chat all that much! (Babies and toddlers keep their parents on their toes, that's for sure.) Fortunately, we had a bit more time with the Haddads and Pete over lunch at Duboce Park Cafe. Cute photos of Calista and Penelope!