Does T61p only charge one battery at a time?

In my T61p I have the 9-cell battery as well as the ultrabay slim battery.
I have noticed that the laptop appears to exhaust the ultrabay battery before the main battery.
I just noticed something else today though that I didn't know about.  When the main battery is charging, the Ultrabay battery says 0%, plugged in, NOT charging.  Meanwhile the main battery says it is charging.
If I remove the main battery while on AC power, it starts charging the Ultrabay battery.  Then if I plug in the main battery again, now the MAIN battery says "plugged in, not charging" while the ultrabay is charging.
So both batteries are able to charge, but apparently not at the same time.  I presume it waits until one is full before charging the other?
Is this the normal behavior?  I suppose it's OK if that's how it's supposed to work, I just want to make sure there isn't anything wrong with my system.
T61p, T7800 CPU, Nvidia Quadro FX 570M GPU, WSXGA+ LDC, 4GB RAM, 200GB HDD, Intel 4965AGN wireless, 1GB Intel Turbo Memory, Vista Business 64bit

i've had two thinkpads with ultrabay batteries over the years (T42p and X300) and each of them charged in the order you describe.   your T61p sounds normal.
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