Awww...good pic's!! I'm so biased toward YSGCC's as that's what my Franklin is.
Last year I bought myself a DSLR too and I've never looked back. I LOVE IT! I ALMOST bought the T2i...it's what I REALLY wanted, but when it came time to plunk down nearly 1000 bucks (it's come down since then)...I chickened out and settled with the Cannon T3 (holding retail value at $500.00ish) and for me, the hobbiest photographer, I couldn't be happier with it. Well worth every penny!
The main difference between the T2i and the T3 is the megapixels...which I think are 12 for the T3, all the other differences seemed quite minor to me. I still haven't explored all the features of my camera and I've had it almost a year and taken almost 10,000 pic's with it! And a few hours of HD video
I have to say, I love the canon DSLR's in general, they are simple enough to use right out of the box...turn on, point, shoot...and have enough "extra" features to keep you experimenting.
Okay, off my camera soap box and onto another thread...
Have a great day,
Toni