After so long of waiting! 

(Kinda joking, got 2 day shipping but I've been needing an upgrade for a while now.)

I bought a used Canon EOS Rebel 1000D/XS at the end of 2011. They were manufactured in 2008, so I was pretty much due for an upgrade as soon as I got it. But it was my first DSLR and I didn't want to over-do myself since I'm not a photographer and I don't claim to be. It would have been cool to have kept it to keep in my future office of our future house, but that was wishful thinking and the money that I sold it for went towards the price of my Canon EOS Rebel 700D/T5i. 

I got it off of amazon and all of the extra accessories were suppose to be Polaroid, but that's another story for another day. Even with knock-off accessories, it was still a super good price. I'm not mad about it because I knew it was going to happen with all of the customer reviews. Even if I bought just the Canon EOS Rebel T5i 18-55MM IS STM Kit alone, it would have been the same price if not more.  I'll slowly but surely be buying quality products. I'm really wanting a wireless flash, fisheye lens, a remote control that has a delay, and a couple more accessories.

What are some MUST HAVES that I should get?

I have yet to name it/him/her, but it's just going to have grow on me. You can't just give someone a nickname and it's the same way with my camera! I've seen one named Canon O'Brien and I can only hope that I could be as witty as the owner of Mr. O'Brien. I'm not too sure if it's the normal thing to do but who wants to be normal anyways?!
Do you have a name for yours?

I'm hoping to get a little better and figuring out the settings so I can get perfect moments of our little family. It's the biggest reason of why I wanted a new camera. My XS could do a lot, but it couldn't do video and that was one of my biggest factors when picking out a new camera.