Helen, Georgia

The weekend before my birthday we drove down to a little Georgia town called Helen. It's in the Blueridge Mountains, a little Bavarian town.

First up we went for a pretty little hike to Anna Ruby Falls. It was absolutely beautiful, so glad we stopped there. 

The pictures really don't do it justice, it looks a lot smaller in the pictures, and less colorful. 

 

 

 

 

Helen is a really cute town. Since it was the weekend after Thanksgiving Santa and Mrs. Claus were there, and there was no line. Jayden didn't want to sit on his lap, and neither did Sidney or Tanner, but when they saw they were giving out candy, these two changed their minds. Tanner only smiled because we said he wouldn't get candy unless he did. Love those big cheesy grins.

We had lunch at a little bakery, where we decided we aren't German food people. If only I could describe how Sidney was eating her hot dog, but it would be impossible. I was dying laughing, I was crying so hard! 

There were lots of little shops to explore. 

 

We get these looks from Tanner at least once a day. And almost always when I try to take his picture. 

 

 

 

 

When I was researching what to do in the area I found they have a cabbage patch hospital. At first I didn't pay it much attention, but then when I saw a picture of it I couldn't believe it. It was gorgeous! We decided to go only if we had time. Town started to get a little crowded for us, so we decided to check it out. Admission was free, so why not? This might sound weird, but I'm so glad we went because it ended up being my favorite part of the day. Not because I love cabbage patch or anything, I don't even remember if I owned one as a kid, but the place was breath taking. It's in the middle of nowhere, there were hardly any people, so right up our alley. Being decorated for Christmas made it like something out of a story book.

When you walk in there's a front desk where you sign in, just like a real hospital, and it was so fancy! The whole staff was dressed like nurses, hilarious. There's a small area with baby nurseries and dolls everywhere.

On the drive there we kept seeing billboards advertising the place and Sidney was so scared of the dolls. I had to convince her to go in when we got there. You can see her scared face down below. Can you blame her? They are pretty scary! Especially when they're covering every inch of the place. 

This is where the babies are born. I'll get to that soon. 

NICU 

The place was 90% toy store. It was really nice, but we didn't want anything. 

Sidney was so creeped out. 

Every few minutes a baby is born. A nurse comes out, does an ultrasound, and this whole thing where she measures the mommy cabbage and tells you how many cabbage leaves dilated, etc., and we even had to shout at it to push, not once, but three times. And then she pulled a baby out of a head of cabbage. The whole thing was super weird. 

 

All that is not why I'm glad we went. I loved the grounds, it felt like we were in a postcard. We sat on rocking chairs, the kids ran around, and we watched the sunset. 

 

 

Loved the wraparound porch and the rocking chairs. Sidney sat here singing to her little stuffed animal, it was the most adorable scene ever. 

 

This was the backyard. 

 

Our mini trip was my birthday gift, I love making memories over presents. I'm lucky Josh humors me with all the random things I like to do.

 

 

 

 

I loved the drive down there too. We passed through so many cute little towns with beautiful, little white churches, and really old ones built of rock. We saw this cute little Mrs. Claus sitting on a corner waving to the cars. Loved the cute little southern town charm.