getting better at the photog

i am slowly getting better at taking photos and my kids are getting tired of me taking their photos. I have aquired a new camera a canon rebel k2 (film slr/eos). the new camera has a 28-90mm lens. i am just loving it and have started to save up for a rebel xs.

Huston, we have ......

TROUBLE..... one word ------ Tanner

He can pull up in his crib none the less so that make naps and bedtime interesting with him.
In the first year of his life he has grown so much. He went from my 6 lbs 4 oz 18 in long baby boy to a mobile (quick at that) 20 lbs 27 in long freight train of destruction. He is indeed sick again with RSV.
I have more done on my mother's day project. We every year have started a landscaping project on mother's day or the weekend. This year's project is a patio to replace the dirt path and gravel and grass(it's missing) area we have currently. Well we are about 1/3 of the way done with the project and I will be sure to share pics of the after (forgot befores) once it is all done.

A major vent

I can't seem to get things right when shooting photos and people want me to take photos of their kids. I just don't feel like I can do that unless I can get it right on my own kids. The exposure to me looks ok. It is the focus that usually gets all wonky. I just wish I could get it right.
I am just down on myself and so want to get this right or my mom will make me take my kids to the photo studio to get thier pics taken.