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WE ARE BACK OUT HERE LIVE AT THE IOWA STATE FAIRGROUNDS WITH ALL THE UNIQUE AND WACKY THINGS THAT THE STATE FAIR HAS TO OFFER, INCLUDING A REALLY POPULAR CONTEST, THE DIAPER DECORATING, AND THE DIAPER DERBY. THIS IS PRETTY STINKING CUTE. 20 BABIES, 24 MONTHS AND YOUNGER SHOWCASED THEIR DECORATIVE DIAPERS IN FRONT OF A PANEL OF JUDGES AT THE ANNE AND BILL RILEY STAGE TODAY. THEY THEN HAD THE CHANCE TO RACE TO SEE WHO SCOOTS THE FASTEST. WE CAUGHT UP WITH SOME PARENTS TO SEE HOW MUCH WORK IT TAKES TO GET THEIR LITTLE ONES READY. IT’S KIND OF A WHOLE FAMILY THING. WE’VE WE’VE KIND OF BEEN PLANNING IT SINCE LAST YEAR. WE WERE RUNNERS UP LAST YEAR AND SO KIND OF THE WHOLE FAMILY WAS INVOLVED. I KIND OF CAME UP WITH IT AND THEN WE HAD OUR PARENTS, LIKE DRILL SOME LEG HOLES IN THE BOTTOM. THERE’S A PIECE OF WOOD THERE WHERE LITTLE LEGS POKE THROUGH, AND ON THE BOTTOM OF THE WAGON. AND THEN I KIND OF CREATED THIS THING THAT GOES AROUND IT RIGHT OUT OF LIKE, CARDBOARD. AND THEN MY DAD KIND OF CUT SOME OF THESE OFF, AND I TURNED THEM INTO ROOT BEERS, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A CUTE IDEA. JUST FOR AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, ALL THE KIDS WANT TO HAVE THEIR OWN STYROFOAM CUP. FOR THEIR BABY. MAREN WON FIRST PLACE IN THE IOWA STATE FAIR DECOR CATEGORY. NOW, MOM ASHLEY SAYS THE IOWA STATE FAIR MEANS A LOT TO HER FAMILY. IN FACT, IT WAS LAST YEAR. ON THIS DAY AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR WHEN ASHLEY’S WATER BROKE, ULTIMATELY GIVING BIRTH TO MAREN NOT TOO LONG AFTER THAT. SO THE IOWA STATE FAIR AS SOMETHING TH