Focus issues? I focused in right on the eyes in 2-4. Maybe it's because they are soft looking that you think there are focus issues. That or something wrong with my d60.
The overexposed backgrounds... I have no clue how to fix that. I took the pictures in raw with no flash or anything. Just pulled the raw pictures that have not been edited and they look the same in the background. I will have to research how to fix that.
Oh, and my boys have very fair skin... esp. the oldest, it was hard to contrast that! Poor kids, just like there momma.