Caleb was born on November 06, 2008 at 12:46 PM. He came into our world weighing six pounds, two ounces and measuring eighteen and three quarter inches long.

The is our wonderful family that God is making. I cannot describe to you the joy that Catherine and I are filled with as we hold our precious children in our arms. I am so blessed with my wonderful family and especially my closest friend and beloved wife that God has given me.

I Love you Catherine, my dear heart and love of my life…

We will get some more pictures posted later.

Thanks to all of you that were praying for us. The delivery and surgery afterwards went well. God was good. Now we are praying for a speedy recovery.

God Bless you all,

The Chris Overby family,

Chris, Catherine, Savannah, and Caleb

Introducing (drum roll please) …. our Little Man! His daddy, mommy, and big sister can hardly wait to hug him sometime in November, when his sweet countenance will brighten our home!

Here is his picture:

Thank you, Jesus!

Hi dear friends and family! Hope this grand moment in our little Savannah’s life makes you smile. :) We love you all!!!

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More news coming soon…really and truly, I mean it. :)

Last Saturday, which happened to be Savannah’s 10-month old “birthday, we got to spend the day with some of the families and guys that live here at ALERT and work in the facilities department. It was a fun day. Savannah went wading and playing in the sand with her Daddy. We were at Lake Hawkings. It was a great day of fellowship and fun water skiing and playing. (No, I didn’t water ski. I’m too chicken.)

Just wanted to share some pictures with you all!

Love and hugs! Have a sunny day!

My hubby and my family and the Lord blessed me with such a special birthday week. I just had to share it with you all. So here are some pictures to tell the story…

First Chris kept the secret for MONTHS and then surprised me with a weekend trip to Nacogdoches, TX to Stag Leap - a place with peaceful, secluded, and oh so restful cottages in the woods. It was fabulous! The cottage was beautifully decorated with a cottage, country, Tuscan sort of look. It had little kitchen and a nice deck and a golf cart for riding around in the woods.

This is what it looked like on the inside:

Savannah wanted to drive the golf cart, but she’ll have to wait quite a few years. :)

My dear little family on the deck:

Secondly, on my birthday, I was taking a nap when I was startled awake by, of all people, my parents! They surprised me by coming a few days early for their weekend visit! It was a great way to wake up from a nap. :) That night, Dad treated us to Olive Garden, and then we came home and had a little party.

I had a pink and brown cake, and blew out the candles praying that my children would love the Lord all the days of their lives!

And, thank you dear friends for the gifts and all the notes you sent by phone, mail, email and facebook! I loved them all! Here’s a little collage of the gifts:

The Lord put the cherry on top with a good snow today! I guess you saw the previous post with that picture, but just so you can see my house, here’s a picture of our home in the snow and a funny one of Savannah all bundled up in next winter’s coat:

This has been a wonderful birthday! Is it just me, or do they keep getting better every year? :)

I’ll end with a thought… You all know that the Lord is preparing a mansion for us in heaven. YAY! Well, do we each get our own mansion or is there one big one for everybody? I always thought there was one for each believer. But, I can’t imagine living in a big mansion for eternity without family living in it with me. Can you? I mean, who wants a big house just to themselves anyway? So, I’m beginning to hope that the mansions of heaven are not in any way like the ones here on earth, but rather are so big that they encompass our family in Christ living together in perfect love and worship to God… I think that would be great. Oh, and I wouldn’t mind sharing a room either. :)