{"id":3116,"date":"2019-08-16T10:43:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T17:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/?p=3116"},"modified":"2023-02-24T19:59:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T19:59:27","slug":"a-son-is-born-introducing-alvin-laforest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2019\/08\/16\/a-son-is-born-introducing-alvin-laforest\/","title":{"rendered":"A Son is Born, Introducing Alvin LaForest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Several readers asked me to post an announcement with photos when my son was born, so here is an update, several months late&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rick LaForest and Kelly LaForest are happy to announce the birth of our son &#8220;Alvin&#8221;, officially named Albert Richard LaForest V<em> (the fifth)<\/em>, who was born on April 22, 2019 at Victoria General Hospital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/57799297_2676934575711194_2002638477864129017_n1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Alvin LaForest One Day Old\" class=\"wp-image-3117\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/57799297_2676934575711194_2002638477864129017_n1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/57799297_2676934575711194_2002638477864129017_n1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/57799297_2676934575711194_2002638477864129017_n1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/57799297_2676934575711194_2002638477864129017_n1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/57799297_2676934575711194_2002638477864129017_n1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One day old<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also have to share a photo of a gift I received from the Microsoft OneNote Product Team and the Microsoft OneNote MVPs. Check it out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/Alvin-OneNote-Onezie.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/Alvin-OneNote-Onezie.png 512w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/Alvin-OneNote-Onezie-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2 months old<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> \u2764&nbsp;to Marjolein Hoekstra, Laura Butler, Angela Schnell, Kathleen Vilchez, and Joel Rushworth for  putting together this special surprise.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to see 10,000 photos of Alvin, I suggest following <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"my Instagram account  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kellychristinalaforest\/\" target=\"_blank\">my Instagram account<\/a>, where I post photos of my son, my husband, my cat, and the occasional scrumptious plate of food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nIf you have personal questions about him or the birth, please skip the comments section, and reach out to me directly at my personal email: <a href=\"mailto:kellychristinalaforest@outlook.com\">kellychristinalaforest@outlook.com<\/a>. \n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several readers asked me to post an announcement with photos when my son was born, so here is an update, several months late&#8230; Rick LaForest and Kelly LaForest are happy to announce the birth of our son &#8220;Alvin&#8221;, officially named Albert Richard LaForest V (the fifth), who was born on April 22, 2019 at Victoria &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2019\/08\/16\/a-son-is-born-introducing-alvin-laforest\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[202,250],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - 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