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Lon,
I'll have to give you my near-midnight (where I am) quick take on your enquiry and then sleep on a more complete reply.
I think what you're sensing in the perceived lack of sparkle has to do with the source photo. You're trying to paint three brightly lit characters in the midst of enchantment, but the photo shows three back lit characters, whose faces are thus, for all intents and purposes here, in shadow. You're being forced to invent light on the faces that isn't there in real life, and gosh that's hard to do.
Once you remove the drinking bottle, I think you'll want to make sure the white sleeve gets put back into that space as accurately as possible -- I can see why the elbow is tucked in a little, as your wife supports the infant, but you might want to unscrunch it a little when repainting it, so that your wife's shoulder doesn't appear unnaturally narrow.
That's about all I can think of, this round.
Steven
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