Our precious Annalynn Faye Robinson was born January 7 at 11:14 AM, 2 days shy of my 29th birthday! She weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces and measured 20 inches long. Waiting to find out the gender of this baby was one of the best decisions we made. It was so fun! I genuinely did not care either way what it was and was so surprised at how much I genuinely did not want to find out at all until delivery.
The time leading up to delivery was pretty normal and uneventful, as usual with a c-section. The entire time I was pregnant, the reality that I was having a baby never really set in. Even up to the time I was in the operating room, it had not hit me that we were having another baby! My main focus was that I did not want to be pregnant anymore! I wanted my body back so I could feel normal again! I very clearly remember siting on the table as they were getting things ready and thinking to myself "Am I really about to have a baby?!" As I was sitting on the operating table, looking around at everything, it did finally start to hit me and I remember getting a little emotional. Nothing major, I was still very calm, but it finally started setting in, literally minutes before they started surgery!! They didn't even have to give me "liquid courage" when they did the epidural like they did when I had Laynie because I was so calm. The epidural did hurt more than I remember but once it was in, all was well! I was more awake and aware of everything this time than ever before because I had the least amount of drugs in me than with Rex and Laynie's deliveries. I'm so glad things turned out that way!
They brought Corey in just before the baby was delivered. I continued to remain calm and mellow yellow as we waited to find out what the baby was. After he was in for just a few minutes, Dr. Ohlemacher pulled the baby out and showed her to Corey for him to announce the gender. I could not believe my ears when he said it was a girl!!! I was so so certain we were having a boy! I just kept saying "oh my gosh! Oh. My. Gosh! Oh my gosh!!" It was very similar to the reaction I had when I found out Laynie was a girl too! I just couldn't believe it! I can honestly say that moment was one of the best surprises of my life. I was truly surprised! Wrapping up this delivery was a bit longer because I had my tubes tied while they were in there. It was interesting to hear the doctor's conversations about my organs since I was so awake this time! haha! Once we were in recovery, Annie was brought to me and she was hungry from the get go and latched like a pro! She wasted no time! The moments of just the 3 of us were wonderful. We had lots of skin to skin time and nursing before going to a room. My Momo was the first to hold her aside from Corey and I!
Her name is so very special to us. Each part of her name has a meaning. Annalynn is a combination of my mom's name (Anita) and my father-in-law's middle name, Lynn. Faye is after Corey's late Granny Faye who he was so very close to. Granny Faye was his Mom's mom. When we decided for her middle name to be Faye, we both were so excited to have that as a girl name. Corey called his mom right away to tell her. She was very excited as well. I'll be honest...part of the reason I was so excited to have this little girl was to be able to bring to life this special name. I love a meaningful name...each of my baby's have names that have meaning. Deciding on the spelling of Annalynn was kind of funny. We first decided to spell it with one "n" so it would be Analynn because Corey said the double "n" was too long. This is the way I wrote it for her birth certificate and everything! Then we got the form back to verify that everything was correct and the first thing I saw in her name was "ANALynn"!! Terrible, I know! To make sure, I showed Corey and asked what he saw...and he saw the same! Our cousins Brandon and Ashley were visiting at that time as well and made sure with them and they agreed!! So we decided we had to make it a double n to spare her potential teasing later in life! I initially wanted to name her Annie but the combination of Annie and Faye sounded a little too country for a legal name! So, instead of her legal name being Annie, her nickname is Annie and is what we call her! I also still call her Peanut because she was my little genderless Peanut for so long! :)
Revealing her gender to everyone was so fun! The grandparents definitely had the best reactions! I wish I could have seen it myself! We waited to reveal her gender until our visitors actually came to the hospital to meet her. We have everyone's reaction on video! Rex and Laynie came to meet their baby sister the evening she was born. Rex was a little disappointed that she wasn't a boy but it wore off quickly. He was loving on her before we knew it and instantly wanted to hold her. He's such a good big brother! Laynie was not as interested! We asked if she wanted to hold her. She did not have any interest at first but once she saw Rex hold her, she was curious. We sat her down to hold her and as the baby was about to be placed on her lap, she pushed her away! She kept her distance the whole time we were at the hospital but it didn't last long at home. Both Rex and Laynie are so so sweet with their baby sister. It's a beautiful thing to watch!
Our time in the hospital was nice and uneventful. We did celebrate my 29th birthday there so that was a little out of the ordinary! Corey and I ordered sushi for a little in-house sushi date for my birthday and we watched the Texans lose their playoff game. We had hoped Annie would be their good luck charm but it didn't work out that way! My mom stayed with me our second night which was neat because she was with me in the same place she delivered me exactly 29 years earlier. Every year she re-lives the events leading to my birth and calls me at the exact minute I was born. This time she was with me in the exact place and exact time so it was an extra special birthday morning! Corey came back that evening and we headed home Sunday morning!
We are so thankful for our family and friends who were there when Annie was born and who came to visit. This little girl is so blessed to have so many people who love her, as are we!
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