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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 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.