North Georgia Vacation 2012: Babyland General & Adopting "Real" Cabbage Patch Kids!

Cabbage Patch Kids were a very important part of Mamma’s childhood, especially her very favorite doll: Wilson Gason (which was one of the very first commercially made Kids and now belongs to Annie). I wish I had brought him along! I visited Babyland General Hospital here in the 1980s when it was just a little historic home, … and Xavier Roberts was still signing the dolls by hand. Mamma got the kids ready by having them listen to lots of old Cabbage Patch Kids records, reading lots of children’s books, and watching a few shows. Today they got to see the very first Cabbage Patch Kid, … and even watch one be born! Leia and Annie both received a Cabbage Patch Kids “Koosa,” the animal version, … and a “real” Kid! It was a special day for the Thompson ladies!