Babyland General!

So the intent here was to go hiking for the day in North Georgia. We've done this a few times, but never in Helen. I've heard of Helen, GA before, knew they had an Octoberfest celebration, but had no idea it was Little Germany! Like, literally, they built it to look like a mini German hamlet. It's very cute, but obviously very touristy, and pretty much all we wound up doing there was eating and spending money on food and eating.

But first! We stopped on the way up there at Babyland General, which was by far the best part of the trip. Babyland General, for those of you who don't know, is where Cabbage Patch Kids are born. There's a magical tree that they are birthed out of, and you can go there, see a birthing (don't worry, there's pictures of one below!) and adopt an original Cabbage Patch Kid (for between $175 - $375 - eek!) My cheap-o Toys R Us one certainly didn't cost that much.

Just a warning - these were impossible to edit, so there's a lot of pictures!








Is it just me or does the receptionist look like a Cabbage Patch?


Premies


Baby with adoption certificate


Kinda creepy - preemie in an incubator


Checkup area with the stork


Hope, Judson, Matt, and Tupes


This was the cutest thing - these girls had brought their Cabbage Patch Kids in for a checkup and were anxiously watching to see if they were in good health.














The base of the magic birthing tree


The doctor getting ready for a birth


Lifting back the lettuce flaps...


Thankfully, it wasn't a "branch" birth - his joke, not mine


It's a girl!


Realized after we took these that it looks like these guys are smoking, but really it's just lollipops!




And on to Helen: