Back in Business!

Its been almost two and a half years since our last blogpost, but Sonja and I want to get back into blogging for a couple reasons. It gives us an opportunity not only to write, which we both enjoy doing, but also because it’s a special time for us to praise God for good things which he has done as well as lament the brokenness we see in our world. 

Among the many great things God has done in our lives over the past couple years, the greatest has been the gift of our daughter, Sigrid Storm Reader. She’s just over two months old- and has been a source of great joy and laughter even though she can’t walk, talk, play, or interact very much. Right now, she’s mostly limited to sleeping, pooping, eating and crying. However, in recent weeks, she’s begun interacting with us in some awesome ways. She’s started to recognize faces and can follow us around the room with her head and eyes. More importantly and more exciting to us, she recently started smiling in response to our faces and our talking. Its great. I had no idea a small, completely helpless (but adorably cute) person could make such an impact and draw so much affection from two people who are admittedly not really kid people. Changing an explosively charged diaper, getting peed on while trying to put on a new diaper, or getting chunked with spit-up all sounded like wretched and horrible possibilities three months ago. Now, its part of daily life and we don’t mind it at all.

All that said, it’s a new stage in the adventures of Paul and Sonja. Hope you’ll join us as we continue our journey!