My Kitties are Mine, All Mine!!!!

Insert millions of happy faces here!  Finally, officially, my two adorable and loving little kitties are mine.  A little background, in case you don't know.  After the ex moved out, and we decided the dogs had to go :(, I decided to get cats.  I love them, and I hadn't had one since I was 17 on account of the ex being deathly allergic :(  So, out with the ex, in with the cats!

I was afraid that we wouldn't be able to handle them, or that one of the kids would be allergic, or that it just wouldn't work out, so I decided to give fostering a try.  These particular fosters were unadoptable because they had to be quarantined due to exposure to feline leukemia.  They came in as strays, and one of their litter mates tested positive.  They had tested negative, but they needed to be alone for 8 weeks and then re-tested.  If they tested negative, and everything worked out, we would keep them.  If they tested positive, they would be put to sleep.  We found out after only 2 weeks into fostering that their littermate had been picked up by a rescue group, and ended up testing negative at his re-test!  Great news!  The little darlings were now adoptable!

We kind of laid low and no one bothered us, but eventually the foster coordinator emailed about 6 weeks ago to make sure we were keeping them.  If so, we had to have them neutered, then we could fill out the papers, pay the adoption fee ($75 each, yikes), and they would be mine!

I got an email yesterday that if I wanted them, I could have them for free because the shelter is about to change locations and they were really trying to get as many animals as possible out of the shelter.  Oh, happy day!

So, I received my official e-mail today, with adoption certificates, medical records, and congratulations.  My precious little kitties are now mine forever!

Wow, do I love these guys!  They have the best purr, they are so fun, and are okay with being held and dragged around 7-year-old boy style.  They just adore me, a little too much sometimes.  Truly, Shy Guy and White Out have played a huge role in getting me through these last three months. And now they're MINE :) :) :) :) :)