It's a Boy!

I don't think I've ever laughed harder than I have this weekend as I watched Grace take care of her "baby" for her Child Development class.  Hahahahahahaha.  Hahahaha.  The big weekend has been marked on our calendar for over a month now, and Grace has been super excited at the prospect of taking her baby home.  Adding to the entertainment of the whole weekend was the fact that Grace's "baby" was "born" the same day as my oldest niece's real life baby boy!  The first text I got from Grace after she picked up "Tommy" in class was a picture of the two boys and an exclamation over them being twins.  Hahahahaha.  Oh Grace.  What would we do without her sense of humor???

Tommy and baby Jack.

Everyone was pretty excited to meet Tommy and Isaac in particular was enamored.  The whole experiment was so realistic that I think every teen should be required to take a turn at seeing what it's like to take care of a baby.  Grace almost missed out on her first opportunity to tend to his needs on Friday night when she fell asleep on the couch and didn't wake up to him crying right next to her in his carseat on the floor.  Luckily, I was in the other room and DID hear him, and after quite a bit of shaking {Grace -- not the baby} she was up and ready to see if he needed to be fed, or diapered, or held, or burped.

Because she was taking the baby home over the weekend, and not just for a single school night, the doll was allegedly programmed to an easier setting.  Even with it on "easy," however, he still gave her a very realistic peek into the world of newborns.  For instance, true to real life with an infant (or at least MY infants), he didn't really start waking up and crying until around 10:30 on the first night, right when Grace was getting ready to go to bed.  Hahahahahaha.  {It was at that point that I started laughing so hard I was almost crying.}  Each time she swiped her sensor and then took care of him, it seemed like only minutes went by before he was crying again.  Hahaha.  I know, I know.  I'm horrible.

I woke up the next morning to see a text from her that was time stamped at midnight, and when I came downstairs around 7:30 she was already up for the day with Tommy.  Apparently he was up at midnight, 4 AM, 6 AM, and then up for good at 7 AM.  A fairly realistic night if you ask me!  Hahahahaha.

 This was the scene I came down to on Saturday morning.

She knew that her weekend with Tommy also coincided with a stake youth activity followed by a quad stake dance, so she had procured my babysitting services well in advance, and seemed convinced that I was chomping at the bit to watch my "grandson."  Hahaha.  Oh Grace.  It's a good thing I've taken care of a baby or two in my lifetime.  ;)

The second night went by much like the first, and even though she acted like she was so embarrassed to have to bring the baby with her to church on Sunday, I know that girl and I'm positive that she was secretly pleased with all the attention it brought.  Everyone else certainly seemed to get as big a kick out of it as I did.  Hahaha.

All in all, it was a weekend to remember!  And even though it's still far in the future, I have to say that I'm quite looking forward to being a grandma.  ;)  Hahahahahahaha.