Cabbage Patch Babyland Hospital

As a treat for behaving so well this past week and weekend, Gracie was awarded a trip to the Cabbage Patch Babyland Hospital in Cleveland, Georgia. This is the birthplace of the original Cabbage Patch doll. It was such a neat little place and a place I would have died to have seen when I was a kid. Gracie was in awe amongst all those dolls. We even got to see mother cabbage give birth under the magical tree. The doctor did a sonogram before the birth to find out if it was going to be a boy or a girl. The screen showed pink......so a baby girl was born. The children witnessing the birth got to name the baby. They named her Abby Jewel. We were prepared to adopt an original doll for Gracie, but she chose the cheapest plastic preemie doll in the gift shop....works for us!

The doll with the Mickey Mouse ears is "the" original cabbage patch doll. He is 30 years old!
This is the preemie nursery, they even have some in incubators.
All of the dolls on display are cloth faced and range from $199 to $375.

There was a display of the "kids" at school. The kids are much bigger than the babies.....almost as big as Gracie.

Check out the hair on this baby! We took his picture because we liked his name :)

This is the magical tree where mother cabbage gives birth. When the crystals at the base of the tree start blinking, she is ready to deliver.This pic is for the Lipani's. They are going to name their baby girl, Maren.

Learning how to change her baby's diaper.

Of course, we had to get all of the baby doll accessories. Gracie has really been into dolls lately.

Striking a pose for the camera.