Hey Amber. I like the second one alot better as well. I think Omaha Adams stated it well about the problems with the first.
The framing and comp of the 2nd is really well. One thing though, it looks like your white balance was off as there is a strong yellow cast most likely from the lights. Did you shoot RAW and if so you may be able to adjust the white balance in your RAW editing software.
Basically you want to cool down the light teperature at it is very warm
Well done