Siblings

Layth and Maya were told to bring baby pictures of them with their siblings to the sibling class tonight, and since for some unknowable reason it never even occurred to me to take pictures of them diapering and swaddling the "newborn" dolls in the class, these nostalgic baby pictures will have to do.

Mina, Justin, and Layla with baby Layth in 2002.

Justin, Layth, and baby Maya in 2005.

The children showed their pictures, learned how to touch their babies (lifelike, anatomically correct baby dolls) gently, made attempts at diapering and swaddling as they listened to a 9-minute recording of a crying baby and tried to figure out what the baby might be trying to say, carried the babies around labor and delivery on a tour of the maternity ward, saw a real newborn in a bassinet, made decorations for the baby, were given projects to work on at home for their moms to brighten their hospital rooms with, and were brought teddy bears by a big, burly security guard as a special gift for being the first class ever in the new classrooms of the hospital. Maya rejected hers for being too un-bunnylike, and decided she would give it to Rayan. The idea of a baby coming home soon is beginning to become a reality for all of us!