Voting urged from Seguin community.

(Seguin) — It looks as though it’s up to Seguin to let the rest of the world know that it is home to the Baby of the Year.

Local Baby — Isabella Grace Ramirez is currently in the running for a national “Baby of the Year” title, and her family is asking the community to help her make it to the next round.

Isabella Grace has been selected as one of the top five babies in her group for the online contest, which is being presented in partnership with Celebrity Jessica Alba along with The Honest Company, Variety and Baby2Baby. The online contest has been underway for about a month and during that time — Isabella has gone from being among 40 babies to now being one of the top five finalists.

Her mother, Adrianna Ramirez, says the family first learned about the contest from Isabella’s Aunt Tanya Thomas, who sent them the information on Facebook just a few days before the entry deadline.

Since then, the family has been following along closely. She says Isabella had been holding the No. 1 spot until Tuesday, when she began moving between first and second place.

“Besides her being the cutest baby to all of us in our family. She’s so funny. She is the happiest baby. She’s always smiling, laughing, making people smile in the store, and she’s just happy, and she is the first grandbaby and the first great grandbaby in the family,” said Adrianna.

For the Ramirez family, the contest is about more than a cute baby photo. Adrianna says it helps raise money for Baby2Baby, a nonprofit that provides children in need with essentials such as diapers, clothing and other necessities.

“It’s free to vote every day, so you don’t have to donate. But if you do donate, you’re helping babies across the country with diapers, clothes, and necessities that babies should have access to,” said Adrianna.

The ultimate prize for the winning baby is $25,000, a national advertising campaign with The Honest Company and recognition in the magazine Variety.

The deadline to vote online is this Thursday at 7 p.m. The finalists from each group will then move on into another round.

According to her family’s contest profile, “feeding time is a favorite, especially since she recently started eating purées. She also enjoys her chicken teething toy, contact naps, being held, playing with her walking crab toy and two-stepping with her dad.”

In addition to her mom Adrianna, an RN who works in the birthing center at Guadalupe Regional Medical Center, the six-month-old is loved by her father, Izaiha, an electrical apprentice who has been busy constructing facilities in the Navarro ISD.

To vote for Isabella visit babyoftheyear.org.