Calista Catherine and Cassandra Claire Brady: The Baby and the Bradys

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, June 22, 2010

The Baby and the Bradys

On June 4, Grandma Weezie and Grandpa Mike came to visit for the weekend and brought the sun with them (we had such a rainy spring!). Calista always asks what day it is when she first wakes up, so when I said, "Friday," she started jumping up and down exclaiming, "I'm so excited! I get to see Grandma Weezie and Grandpa Mike today!" She's really getting her days of the week down. It's pretty neat. I also wanted to mention how much Cassandra and Claire have bonded. Cassie loves her nanny so much. It's pretty fun every morning because we play "Pass the Baby" and she turns around so she can get passed back and forth between us.