YOU voted in your thousands and we can finally reveal who is this year's top of the tots.
These three youngsters have been crowned the county's cutest in the annual Essex Chronicle Baby and Toddler of the Year competition.
Doting mums and dads put forward 230 youngsters this summer, and triumphing above them all was the overall winner Isaac Barrett.
Nine months old when his photo was taken, Isaac was also winner of the under 12 months category.
"We were really surprised and very happy when we found out he'd won," said mum Katherine, 28, from South Woodham Ferrers, who learnt of Issac's win on his first birthday.
Along with dad Ian, the Barretts used their prize passes to Legoland in Winsdor at the weekend.
And they now have a picture canvas prize of their winning shot to add to their collection after visiting the Chronicle's headquarters on Monday.
Ian, 32, said: "With all the bad news going on in the world it's nice to hear some good news."
Scooping the 13 to 24 months prize was angelic Roxwell girl Lily-Myra Green, now 18 months old.
It comes a year after she won the under 12 months prize too.
Her grandmother, Susan Masterson, said: "We're very happy. We didn't expect it when we got the phone call. We're very pleased. She's a beautiful baby. She gets a lot of attention."
Delighted mother Madeleine Rampling was glad she listened to her sister's advice to enter her two-year-old toddler, Alfie Gill, into the contest.
He won the two to five-year-old category.
Mother-of-three Miss Rampling, 26, from Melbourne, Chelmsford, said: "I'm ecstatic. I was extremely shocked but obviously he is gorgeous.
"My sister made me because he is a cheeky little chap. She said if he could win on personality he would win it easily.
"We were quite gobsmacked, speechless and over the moon when we found out."
