I can tell you that every member of our extended family – grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins – treats our sons in exactly the same way as they do anyone else in the family.
I have counseled many couples at the start of their adoption journey. When I tell them about our Cabbage Patch Kid initiation, they are awed that something as simple thing as a doll can make such an emotional, and at times complicated, process so much easier.
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Fun Facts About Cabbage Patch Kids
The Cabbage Patch Kids brand is celebrating its 32nd birthday. BabyLand General Hospital in Cleveland, Georgia is the birthplace of the Cabbage Patch Kids (and one of then top State attractions).
Today, your Cabbage Patch Kid can adopt a pet. When you pair up a Cabbage Patch Kid heart key with an Adoptimals locket you will unlock your pet’s magical heartbeat.
Original hand-stitched Little People from Cabbage Patch are still being delivered in Cleveland, Georgia for Adoption Fees of $225.00 and more.
On July 4, 1997, the Mars Sojourner, an exploratory, six-wheeled robot with infrared vision was the first mechanical visitor to land on Mars. Two weeks later it explored an area of the planet scientists named the Cabbage Patch.
In 1985, Christopher Xavier became the first Cabbage Patch Kid to fly aboard a U.S. Space Shuttle mission. He now lives at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington.
Cabbage Patch Kids became the first ever mascot of the U.S. Olympic Team in 1992 for the Barcelona Games. Cabbage Patch Kids were again chosen to be the U.S. Olympic Team Mascot in 1996.
In 2001 Cabbage Patch Kids were elected by popular vote to become a U.S. Postage Stamp representing an icon of the 1980’s in the “Celebrate The Century” Stamp program.
If all the Cabbage Patch Kids that have been adopted were to form their own country, it would be the 10th most populous country in the world.
With over 130 million Cabbage Patch Kids “born” in the past 32 years, we have averaged one birth every 6 minute.
For more information visit www.wickedcooltoys.com or www.facebook.com/Cabbage-Patch-Kids-347051282049527/timeline.