Why must I be unhappy with my photography skills?

I'm never happy with the photos that I take. That doesn't mean that I don't like the photos that I take, and that doesn't mean that I don't love some too. It just means that I feel that I can do better.

Is that wrong? Probably if it means that I am, and will always be, unhappy with the photos.

I love our babies and love taking pictures of them.

Alice in one of earlier photo shoots

Isaac in the shoot we did the other day

Are both these images of people that I love? Of course. Can I find more things technically wrong with the first image? Yes.

I'm conflicted. I want to become a better photographer. That takes time, time that I'd rather be spending with my family. Maybe I can figure out how to do it off hours, read more books, etc. It's something that I have to be ready for. With vacations and kids you have to kind of shoot and move a lot of the time and hope that things are going to slightly turn out how you imagine them.

*sigh*

I just want to be better without putting in the work. Is that too much to ask?