Is it really February already?!?!? Holy smokes! This year is already flying by…and our sweet Stevie is going to be 15 months old tomorrow! Crazy!

Enough with all of the emphatics, I just wanted to share a little bit of what’s been going on here with the Lanning clan! So you’ll earn an extra jewel in your crown if you make it through this post!

We are currently loving:
annie lennox- waiting in vain {my all time fave song. all time.}
jessiej- like dominos
mumford&sons- thecave
we are young- fun
let it rain- david nail
somebody that i used to know – gotye {feat. Kimbra}
we found love- rihanna
adele- rain down fire
never can say goodbye- quinn from Glee covering MJ
“Human Nature”/”Nature Boy” mashup performed by Sam (Chord Overstreet) and Mercedes (Amber Riley) off of Glee
el camino- black keys {love this video, have you seen it?}
without you: usher
not over you: gavin degraw

currently watching:
saw this via pinksugarland.com and Stevie loves it. Loves it.

here’s another stevie favorite.

2012 changes in the making:
-daniel and i have made a commitment not to schedule sessions every sunday. for real. missing so much church in 2011 was a downer, and we can’t let that happen. we won’t.
-we’re training for a 5k of sorts. not sure which one, but i can run 18 minutes without stopping. for those of you who know me…you know that i never ran without being chased. we’re exercising over an hour a day. now i just can’t live without. i’m 10 lbs lighter than i was at this time last year. 15-20 more to go.
-we are treasuring family time. making time for stevie with BOTH of us giving her undivided attention at the same time. it’s a challenge to not want to work, but there will ALWAYS be work. so for at least an hour a day…she gets us both. not technology. just us.

we are so excited about:
-there are so many things we are excited about. for real. we are excited about going to canada this year to get photographed by one of my favorite photogs, Andrea, from Pink Sugar Photography. Seriously..we already got Stevie her FIRST passport. She looks like a mobster. Want to see?

-we are really excited about going to WPPI in vegas for the first time. it’s a gigantic tradeshow/conference for photographers.
-we’re excited about some rad new locations that our business is taking us this year. NYC is one of them. i’ve NEVER been there….and can’t wait to see the city, go to see Newsies on broadway, and do a little shopping. why? it will be on my birthday too!
-we feel like 2012 will be our year to sell our house! we have a REALLY interested buyer. praying hard. really hard.
-excited about Stevie growing up and all of the changes that come with it.
-we’re excited about some new business relationships and the friendships that have come with them.
-this year the DNC is coming to Charlotte and we are EXCITED about all that comes with it! it’s pretty historic!
-stevie loves music..and we are super excited to get her enrolled into a music class so she can continue to develop expressing herself through music
-there’s a lot more…but i’ll stop here.

links we’re loving:
pinterest – so I {Candice} got a pinterest account and have been inspired by it. by no means am i addicted to it, but i definitely enjoy it. want to see what i’ve found? follow me here.
Andventures in Pinksugarland – precious. just precious.
espn.com – okay, i have to be fair and include my hubbies favorite link. this is a democracy not dictatorship. all things university of michigan and detroit fill our days when they play.

hair changes:
back in the middle of November I chopped over 12 inches off of my lady lockes…and went with a VERY short hair cut that I’d been wanting since I heard the cranberries album back in high school. so i made the leap. got it chopped. it was liberating and i love it. i cried {only a little} at first, but with time and an awesome husband…i’ve embraced it. so here’s a picture from last weekend. p.s. my hair & make-up was courtesy of my dear friend Kymm McLean of Who’s The Fairest. I totally loved the whole Kris Jenner look going on!

This was so fun. You should go and check it out…. lindseyreganthorne {dot} com

Tomorrow we’ll be sharing MORE of our 2011 in Review!