Algonquin couple rings in new year with first baby born in Kane County

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	Daniel Hernandez of Algonquin holds his daughter Isabel, the first baby born in Kane County in 2013. She weighed 6 pounds, 1 ounce and was 19 inches long. She was born to Esbeide Gutierrez and her husband, Daniel Hernandez at Sherman Hospital in Elgin at 8:43 Tuesday morning.   John Starks | Staff Photographer
	Daniel Hernandez of Algonquin holds his daughter Isabel, the first baby born in Kane County in 2013. He's had some practice: Isabel has three sisters and one brother. She was born at 8:43 a.m. Jan. 1 at Sherman Hospital in Elgin.   John Starks | Staff Photographer
	The Canache family of Huntley — mother Daniela, 4-year-old Daniel and father Pedro — get to know the newest member, Christopher Canache, born at 12:10 a.m. Tuesday at Centegra Hospital in Woodstock.   Photo courtesy of Centegra HEALTH SYSTEM
	The first baby born in McHenry County in 2013 is Christopher Canache, born to parents Daniela and Pedro Canache of Huntley at 12:10 a.m. at Centegra Hospital in Woodstock. Her 4-year-old brother, Daniel, visited.   courtesy of Centegra HeaLth system

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An Algonquin couple's fifth child claimed first baby honors of the New Year for Kane County Tuesday morning at Sherman Hospital in Elgin.

Isabel Hernandez entered the world at 8:43 a.m., weighing 6 pounds, 1 ounce and measuring 19 inches long.

She is the fourth daughter for Esbeide Gutierrez, 35, and her husband, Daniel Hernandez, 31.

Gutierrez arrived at the hospital at 1 p.m. Dec. 31 for an induced labor. She said she was induced in an effort to avoid complications that happened with the birth of her fourth child, who was born in an emergency Caesarean section operation.

Hernandez, asked about the significance of having a New Year's Day baby, was succinct: "I feel good," he said, standing over the bassinet and gazing on his swaddled daughter.

Isabel, while awake and yawning, had no comment.

In McHenry County, the "first baby" title belongs to Christopher Canache. He was born at 12:10 a.m. at Centegra Hospital in Woodstock, to Daniela and Pedro Canache of Huntley.