Being a grandma, nanna, nanny, grammie, granny, g-ma.....you get the picture.... is wonderful!!!!  Those two little ones just melt my heart.
I find myself thinking about them all the time.  I am gonna give these two little guys all the love and kisses they can handle, haha!!
It's springtime in Oklahoma and I am lovin' it!!!!!! I love to see all the green pop out on the trees and the yards finally turn green and all the flowers starting to bloom.  Our garden has potatoes and onions up and looking forward to planting tomatoes, beans, okra, cucumbers, squash, peppers, flowers, you get the picture.....
Spring is my favorite time of year!   The crappie are starting to bite. The only drawback this year is all that rain we got last week has flooded out my fishing hole.   The lake is up 8 feet.   I will have to wait til the water goes down to start fishing there again.  I just talked to my sister-in-law who told me they could not find the fish yesterday while fishing in their boat.  The lake rising always messes up the fishing for a while.  I'll just have to be patient and wait on the right conditions to start again..........
These temperatures in the 80's are spoiling me.  I know it usually comes a cold spell around Easter and I am hoping this year that cold spell skips Oklahoma.  The only thing bad about all the warm temps is all the bugs are out earlier.  I hate bugs....they bug me........
That being said, Ritzywife is out.................

Those precious babies were able to go home last Thursday.  On Monday this week I went to spend the week with the daughter, son-in-law and those babies.  I had a wonderful time helping out.  It was such a joy to help take care of them.  They are growing so fast and doing great.

Today a friend called and asked if I wanted to go fishing and visit. I did not turn down a chance to fish and visit with a good friend.  I only caught one fish but it was a beauty.  It's only gonna get better for the next couple of months as the crappie get closer to spawning for this spring. 
I did not go down to visit the babies today, but the daughter posts pictures on Facebook every night.  They are changing so much and getting cuter every day.  They may even get to come home by the end of this week.  YIPPEE!!!!! 
They are doing very well. 
I got my share of the sunshine today.  I love the outdoors and listening to the birds and other animals.  I had to bring my friend back to the house to get her car at 4:00 and I stayed there till the son came home and I had to fix supper.  After eating supper, the son and I went back to fishing.  I had left my fishing gear down there because my Aunt was also fishing beside me and she said she would watch it for me.  Well we fished till almost dark and I only ended up with that one fish, they had 2 and another fisherman gave me 1 more fish.  It was a good "mess" for a couple of people.  I cleaned the fish and took them to my neighbor/cousin and her husband.  I hope they like them........
I don't know if I will go to Tulsa tomorrow or not.  Tomorrow nite is church so I will not go fishing....it's just too much trouble to come home and get cleaned up for church. 
Ritzy and I went down to Tulsa yesterday to take an infant/toddler CPR course.  They recommended anyone watching the babies  know what to do in an emergency.  I think it would do everyone well to know how to help in an emergency situation.  I am glad we did it.
It's getting late and I am tired so Ritzywife is out!

I don't know how else to describe the feeling.  It happened Friday afternoon.  I had gone to Tulsa to visit the daughter and those precious babies.  When I arrived, the daughter and hubby were with the boys.  I joined them for a while.  While in the NICU  they were trying to soothe Braedy and get his pacifier to stay in.  They were using a cloth diaper to prop it in his mouth and I made the comment that maybe that might not be a good idea to leave a loose cloth close to the baby's face.......but they were determined to do it anyways.  Well the nurse came over, rolled up the cloth and placed it under the pad the baby was on.  I had let the incident go.  But.............later that afternoon in the daughter's room the son-in-law proceeds to tell me that they did not appreciate my interfering and would not be open to any advice in the future.  They wanted to make their own mistakes raising their kids.  I just about felt the floor drop from under me.  I am someone who has made it a point not to stand in their way, or tell them how to do things with these new babies.  I could not believe what I was hearing.  What they were saying is something that should never be said to anyone!!!!!  The fact that they thought I needed to be informed of this is what really hurt!!  I did not get mad but, I was devastated........I spent the next hour or so not saying anything for fear I would come across as being bossy according to them.  They have put me in a difficult position--one where I will not be able to say or do anything around them or those babies because I might offend them.  And they cannot understand why I would feel this way.  They want the freedom to express their feelings without dealing with the consequences of how it makes the other person feel.    I told the daughter I was not going to "walk on eggshells" around her or anyone else.  They could take me as I am or not at all.  I also told her I would not be back, and I would not be coming to their home when the babies get to come home.  But..........if she needs me, all she has to do is ask and I would be there for her.  I guess this is what you would call the "straw that broke the camel's back".  I feel now that they are their own family and they will have to deal with their own problems without leaning on mom so much.  They even told me that I am the one who has been and is always there for them and why they thought they had to tell me all this is beyond me.  All I know is it hurt then and it still hurts.  I was telling Ritzy and my mom that I don't even feel like I have any grandkids right now.  I want to be there with them and for them...... and now I have been put in the position that I can't do or say anything. 
I just hope all this works out soon.............Ritzywife out!