Magnus Thor: 2 years old

Magnus Thor is 2 years old. This is what he looked like the day he was born. Here’s what he looked like two years later.

He is in the 89th percentile for weight coming in just over 31 lbs.

He is in the 100th percentile for height at 38.5 inches tall.

Some of his favorite things include: fruit snacks, Star Wars, Legos, “dark” juice (purple grape juice), The Avengers, Batman, “space” (means “spaceship”), playing with friends, snakes, Nutella, “Ronis” (pepperoni), getting sung to, using the camera.

We think he is very cute, but we may be biased.

Magnus had lots of fun at his birthday (May 3). He really liked being sung to:

Magnus holding our snake:

And playing outside:

 

 

 

 

 

Fun at home:

And on the road:

Magnus is a good boy and we love him.

Lilac Gardens

We had a nice visit to the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens in Woodland. The sun was out and so were the flowers.

Magnus liked trying to hide among the tall plants.

Some quiet time:

We also took a drive up to Ivan and Terry’s new property in Woodland. One day they plan to build a house there. It has a very good view of the river.

That afternoon we took Ruth to have an ultrasound of our new baby so they could determine a better due date. It was fun to see the 3 cm long baby wiggle around. From that they gave us a due date of November 26, the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.

Beacon Rock Camping

Camping with my brother, Anton, and some of his Young Mens group at Beacon Rock SP. It was a very nice night to do it. Anton needed another adult to come, and I was happy I was able to go.

 

That night I went out looking for fun things. Here are some of them:

The next day was beautiful. I had to get back to town, but Anton met some other leaders and they did a hike. On my way home I did make a few quick stops. Here is Beacon Rock from near the campground.

I read about this little known place called Nellie Corser, owned by Fish and Wildlife. It was really pretty. It was a little creek, running through a deep gorge. This made several little waterfalls and pools. It looks like a great place to spend an afternoon.

I also read about this old stone house, hidden among the trees. It was pretty cool.

And I stopped to look at Cape Horn from below. The colors were amazing with all the new growth:

The Hood River Venture

Hood River Valley is famous for its vast orchard land. We went out hoping to drive the Fruit Loop (the scenic drive among the flowering trees), but when we finally had a free day, we were too late. But the valley was still very pretty and we had fun hanging out in Panorama Point Park. Ruth relaxed, Magnus ran around, Dana looked for bugs (and found a pseudoscorpion, cool). (Magnus took this picture of Dana)

 

Can you find the lizard?

We met up with our friend Brian, who works in Hood River, for dinner. In town, we found this neat fountain. Magnus liked the bronze fish in the fountain.

We also walked around the Columbia River Hotel’s gardens. This is Wah Gwin Gwin Falls:

They have very nice grounds:

We will leave you with Magnus in a tree: