New Cat Additions

My stories tend and have been longer than I want, but that is probably because I overthink things. I used to be an engineer and have always been somewhat picky. We had talked to a shelter called Last Hope and they were going to have a pair of cats that they said were a bonded pair but they didn't know when they were coming in. We were sort of waiting for that but it had been a few weeks so I started looking on the Cedar Valley humane shelter the other day. I found 2 small cats that were under 3 years old and one medium cat that was 5 years old. They were declawed so I wanted to go out and meet them. My wife took me out there Friday night. The girl who was helping us didn't think any of the 3 we mentioned were good fits for me. She said the 2 small ones like to bite and the one who was a little older had just been returned and had been in a very foul mood.
We said we didn't want a but wanted a cat that was declawed because it's not good to declaw an adult cat. It's a very dramatic surgery and If declawed they take quite a bit longer to recover because they are usually heavier and is painful for them to put their weight on their front paws. The girl said that they just got to in that were 3 years old and declawed. She mentioned their names as Lacy Lou and Slim Shady. I told her that their website didn't say your declawed but she checked and they were. So we took the male into the cat meeting room that they have and he did not mind if Janette held him and after he was here for a little bit she could hold him on my lap, scratch his ears and he started purring. He was a little bigger than I wanted but I said if the other ones don't check out I'll be glad to have him. Then we wanted to meet Lacy Lou so they brought her in. She was pretty sweet and reminded me a little bit of Macy. Her color 0f her body is very similar but her face coloring is different. She would sit on my lap and she liked it when my wife held her. I got pretty attached to her right away I said she's the one I want. That is when we found out that her and Slim Shady were a "bonded pair". They had been raised in the same home by an older couple. When these people had grandchildren they found out one of the grandchildren was terribly allergic to cats. So they had to give them up. I told my wife well I guess I don't get a cat then and I wanted to meet one of the little ones. They brought in a little black cat named Willow. She is not terribly friendly and my wife tried to pick her up she tried to bite her so we decided she wasn't going to work out. So I was all set to leave without a cat than my wife says "we will just get the 2 of them". To be honest I was pretty surprised. We discussed it at length and I kept saying we don't have to do this unless you want to. Of course with a room full of cats it's hard not to get attached to them and so she told the girl we would take them both and come pick them up Saturday.
I think we're going to change their names little bit and call the girl Lacy boo and the mail just Slim Or Shady. he is almost totally gray so I think that's where they gave him the name. I think will drop the slim part because he's not slim but not fat either. He's a fairly long and we think that is where the slim came from.
Right now they are hiding a lot but we think though move out of the bedroom where they hide after they get used to the house. Janette brought Lacy in this morning and held her on my shoulder and scratched her ears. I can't tell you how wonderful it felt to have a cat on my shoulder again. It took a while to get used to the idea that the next cat would not be like Macy. We had a bond that will probably never be repeated. As well have still going to call Macy my MS cat.

In the photos I am holding Lacy and the other photo is Slim in the front and you can barely see Lacy behind him. They certainly try to stay together and my wife said she is glad we got both of them. Hopefully they will bond with me little bit more as time goes on.