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Article: Boy oh boy (x12), what a mom! Arlene Mogren of Maplewood is the mother of a whole constellation of sons. They say she deserves to be a star today.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- May 9, 2004
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Byline: Joe Kimball; Staff Writer
Arlene Mogren still has the pretty yellow baby dress she received as a shower gift 57 years ago when she was pregnant for the first time. She didn't use it then because that first child's name is Tom.
She didn't need it for her second, third or fourth babies, either: Bruce, Steve and Keith.
"After the fourth boy, I was a little disappointed that it wasn't a girl," Arlene said. "But then it really didn't matter."
Good thing, because babies five through 12 were boys, too. Dennis, Jeff, Gregory, Patrick, Scott, Peter, Brian and Eric, the baby. He's 35.
To this day, the yellow dress remains ...