It's very nicely done and sweet. Well done. The challenges and vagaries of representing artwork on the internet counsel little additional observation.
There are three dark-valued linear shapes across the top of the forehead shadow that I'd still lighten up a bit more. In another drawing, maybe not -- but I'm trying to remember a couple decades back to the feel of an infant's skin. (Those infants are teaching high school English now, or aboard a merchant ship on the Pacific tonight.) On the catchlights in the eyes, I'd reduce the size of the one in the eye on our right (the lighted side of the face) and still take the value of the other one down by at least half.
The pressure of the hand against the mouth is slightly distorting the filtrum, or philtrum (that valley that runs vertically from the center of the base of the nose to the center of the top lip.) I realize that you've been faithful to the reference photo, but I think you could take artistic license and very (very) slightly represent that feature. The slight distortion rather suggests a kind of beak'ed lip, which is what the particular reference photo presents, but we artists are Kings and Queens of the world, so we can fudge things.
What a cool gift this will be. A true Gerber baby.
Had to work today, home late, fun to play with art on Christmas Eve, after the dogs have played in the wintry offering. Cold and tons of snow here in Minnesota, and work on the snowblower tomorrow morning. But I saw a print of Monet's "The Magpie" late this evening, and I was glad to be a northerner. How observant, that blue shadow on snow. (I know you're in Wyoming -- I'm a native Montanan, so I enjoy seeing your Wyoming and Yellowstone works on your site.)
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