The Cabbage Patch

So, I am looking for a Cabbage Patch baby for Hazel. Not just nay Cabbage Patch though. An old-school preemie for now. It looks like Ebay is going to be the way to go in this respect.

I remember the day I got my Cabbage Patch. Growing up, we didn't have a lot of money. My dad worked really hard, and when things were bad, like we have to eat popcorn for dinner bad, my mom would work nights at the hospital as a RN in the mother/baby unit. 

Buying a Cabbage Patch doll for me was not something that was no big deal for my parents. It was a sacrifice. A big sacrifice for them.  I know it didn't help that I really, really wanted one. All of my friends had one or were getting one and I just really wanted one. I was five-years-old.

One day, it was rainy and cold out, and my brother and I were sitting in our house with my grandparents. The front door opened and my parents walked in. They said they had a surprise and had us sit down and close our eyes. When we opened them, we each had a gift in front of us with a blanket thrown over it. We pulled those blankets off and there were the two most perfect babies in the world.

My girl had red, red, pig tails and freckles. I felt like I could relate to her because I had freckles also. Her name was Harriet.

Richards Cabbage Patch had brown hair and I couldn't remember his name for the life of me. Chris? Kevin?

That baby meant more to me than anything I owned and anything I was given for awhile after that. I knew how hard it was to come by a Cabbage Patch back then. I knew it was nothing short of a miracle that we had gotten one. I knew my cop/detective of an "uncle" was the reason we had both had one and I understood that.

Harriet was special to me. I was a tomboy and didn't really play with dolls, but I loved her. I felt like she was real and we would talk before I fell asleep each night. I loved her tremendously. She was magical and fantastic. 

I hope that Hazel feels the same way about her Cabbage Patch. She probably won't because she won't know the hardship that went along with obtaining one. I can only hope though that she gets it.

Until then, I will be scouring Ebay for the perfect baby for her. It may take years, but she has a few until she is ready for it anyway.

Comments

[amy]

I totally remember my first Cabbage Patch and guess what I still have her! My mom kept EVERYTHING from my childhood. Like crazy lady, everything. But I am happy to have that first one along with a few other special ones. I hope one day I will have a sweet girl, like Hazel, so i can pass them on.

[Katie]

Kellie, maybe I can mail you my son? Because really, he straight up IS a cabbage patch doll.

=)

[Kellie]

You Katie, I have actually thought that when I see him. It's so funny. He totally looks like one. It's the cheeks totally.

Amy, that is awesome that you still have yours. Even if you don't have a girl someday, maybe the boys can practice being daddies. :)

[Kellie]

That should be "you know Katie." Not "You Katie." Not that rude. :)

[amy]

Oh, they already do that. We have an array of babies for them. For some reason though I am saving these for if/when I have that little girl. I guess just something special for her.

Are you wanting one of the "baby" ones or one of the "kids" like you had with the hair? Or maybe a world traveler or furskin? Can you tell I was one of those obsessed with CPK?

[Kellie]

Ha! You're like me with all the different kinds. I am having a hard time deciding, but I think I am leaning towards the old school preemie. My mom told me today she has a preemie that was mine (I got it a few years after I got Harriett) and I got so excited. :)

[amy]

I love the preemie ones. Did yours have that tuft of hair on top? LMAO, what was that?

[Kellie]

It didn't but my cousins did. It was blond and I always thought it looked so dumb. lol.

[Nichole]

Yes. I love my Preemie. His name is Allen, and he is now loved by Christiana. She had two new cabbage patch dolls that she has gotten for various holidays, and wants nothing to do with them. She, instead, plays with my 25 year old Preemie. :)