February

It was almost February when my mom left and I was alone again during the day. I thought it was going to be so hard. When my mom was here there had been several times when both boys had been crying or needed something and we could just divide and conquer. I cried thinking about how there was no way that I was going to be able to do everything and take care of them both! But as is often the case, I soon figured out that it wasn't so bad. Ethan was really patient and helpful while I tended to Logan and I made sure to devote most of the time Logan was asleep to playing with and giving Ethan a lot of one-on-one attention. Logan got taken care of and Ethan got enough attention and we were all happy. I am really grateful that Heavenly Father helped make the transition so easy.

Here are some pics of Ethan and I having fun while Logan was sleeping.

He wanted to be like Logan and use the baby tub. 

He did this for months until he realized that it really wasn't all that fun ;).

He wanted  to wear two long-sleeved shirts. I thought it looked kind of like the current fashion for mismatching prints. He was in style and didn't even know it!

 Playin' in the snow on one of the few mornings we had it! Ethan loved scraping off the car and walking around in it. He didn't like that it was so cold though! Whoops. He's an Albuquerque kid!

We had just a couple pairs of underwear in Ethan's drawer and he although he knew they were there I had never really talked to him about them. One evening he said out of nowhere, "I want to wear my underwear!" We had got him a potty seat last fall and practiced some but it had been clear that he wasn't ready. I was so excited that he said it that we went and bought underwear the next day! Unfortunately the only size they had was the 3T/4T which are obviously too big, but I wanted him to have some now that he was excited to use them. We ordered a smaller size and used these until the right ones got here. He is definitely NOT potty trained as he won't poop in the potty, but he doesn't have many pee accidents.

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He was super excited to get his underwear but he would NOT smile for the picture. I have no idea why ;).

Logan has been a great baby. He is content and calm most of the time and lets Ethan hold and manhandle him. Yep. He is a good brother already!

 And here is my sweet baby. So, so precious!

For Valentine's Day I made Trent ice cream cake. He had been asking me to try making it some time so I decided to do it as a special treat. It was amazing if I do say so myself, and Trent liked it even better than I did!