Hi Brig,

I guess you haven't heard from me in a while, sorry. Daddy's been a little busy. I'll give you a frozen teething ring if you can guess where in the world you poppa is right now? Heck, you start your teething crying again and I'm pretty sure that your mother is going to hook you up with that thing anyway. I'm in Africa, the Horn of Africa to more specific and to be even more specific than that I am in a little country on the coast line called Djibouti. Not Djibooby, I know you are still really into that right now, I said and meant Djibouti. It's a neat place. I have been very fortunate to get to come here for the last few days. Likely I'll be in Iraq and Afghanistan for the next several long while. I am excited for that except that on the weather today it said that Baghdad was 113 degrees, and dusty. Don't pretend like you're surprised, neither is dad.

In fact yesterday I went for a run. It wasn't one of those moster runs that your mother takes you on but it wasn't too bad. And after about 25 minutes or so I had to stop and pour water on my shoes because they were begining to heat up so bad I couldn't stand it any more. I think they were begining to melt.

Some day we should get Grandma and all your aunts and uncles and cousins and go around the world to Kenya. It is a beautiful place and me and my crew had such a great time there.

Alright kid, I'll try and keep you posted on the good stuff. For now I'm just out of here. I love you and your mommy very much. Keep being the little man of the house. Peace out.

addie.