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Meagan,
Welcome to FM and the Critique Forum. A great place to learn.
Some thoughts about these images.
You are capturing some great expressions. You've got some great "subjects" to shoot.
Most "portraits" work best shot closer to eye level and with eye contact wth the photographer. #4 captures the eye contact well.
When the subject is looking away from the camera, you might want to have an actual or subject that they are looking toward (eg a toy, a puppy entering the scene, someone running toward them with open arms, etc).
It's crucial that focus on the eyes be sharp, so you will have to make sure you have adequately fast shutter speed, or a relatively still subject, and that the focus point is on the eyes. 1 and 2 are "soft", 3 and 4 better. You might be able to add some sharpness to the images in post-processing (essential skills for the advancing digital photographer) using Photoshop Elements or Lightroom as starting points.
Exposures look good in each image. I'm assuming you are working with auto settings. As you r compositional skills improve, you might eventually move to the "creative zone" settings (eg aperture priority, shutter priority).
Try not to cut off limbs. The little girl in 1 appears handless. Framing closer to head and shoulders, or including more of her would work.
I'm sure others could and hopefully will add in some more pointers.
Keep shooting, work on a few points like above, then show us some more. Add EXIF data to your posts (shutter speed, aperture, ISO, focal lenghth) so that you can get additional technical advice. Study your own images, those of others here and on the People Forum to see what others are dong and what improvements you might make. And have fun!
Scott
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