March

I love having two boys. I remember how complete and content I felt after having Ethan and I just feel even more that way now that Logan is here. He just makes everyone happier. Trent lights up when he comes home from work and Logan shows one of his new smiles. Ethan might be groggy and tired after his nap but as soon as he sees Logan he forgets it and gives a baby-voice: "Heeeyyy, Lo-looooo!" with a big grin on his face. When I don't have an infant to call my own I wonder if I truly like babies, but now that we have Logan I am remembering all the things I love about babies and I am just enjoying (most) every minute of it!

Some ladies in the ward threw us a baby shower and someone made this cute diaper cake for Logan! 

 Ethan always wants to hold Logan (and some times pretends he can nurse him). Ethan hated to be swaddled but Logan loves it. It always makes me laugh when my swaddled babies are nursing. Nothing but their little mouths are moving, which for some reason makes me laugh!

 Ethan has become more nurturing since Logan was born. He often makes his monkey be his "baby" and he carries him around and puts him down for naps when he is "tired". Here he cleverly made my ironing board into a bed for Monkey!

 Ethan LOVES cuddling with Logan in the morning, which is good because that is my favorite morning activity too! On this particular morning I laid Logan next to Ethan and Logan started flailing his arms around. Ethan accidentally caught Logan's hand in his and grinned at me as he said excitedly: "He's holding my hand!!" It seriously made his morning. And mine too!

  Yeah. He is beautiful.

Ethan helping Dad Rota-till our all dirt backyard. I can't wait to have grass!

 Chilling in the bouncer.

 Smiling at Daddy. Both our boys started out smiling only at Daddy. His voice, his face, his games with them. They love everything about him.

 Ethan is getting so good at riding his bike! He has great balance and can go seriously so fast!

 Probably my favorite picture ever. Logan loves Ethan. And Ethan loves to make him smile. They make a great team ;).

Carlee's Wedding

Trent's little sister got married in the end of February so we made the ten hour round-trip drive to Utah for her wedding. Logan was only 7 weeks old so even though the drive was rough it was nice for everyone to get to see him. It was so great to see family and get to attend Carlee and Brad's sealing. They are both very special people and we are so glad they found each other!

The two lovebirds.

 I made this sign for them. I think it turned out really cute.

 I love Ethan's expressions!

 They had a country themed wedding and Ethan loved the cowboy hat and saddle.

 Logan got passed around and loved on quite a bit!

Our first family picture with Logan. 

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!

More Logan...

Here are some more pictures of precious Logan.

These first two are of him dressed in the blessing outfit that Trent wore as a baby.

Newborn smiles. So sweet.

I can't get over how much I love his hair. And from what it looks like he has Trent's hairline AND cowlicks. 

You know how some pictures just really capture how you see someone? This one does that for me. When I picture Logan in my mind he looks just like this:

In LOVE with his brother. Here he's holding him while eating ice cream. Can you get a better combo?

Grandma and Nana

When Logan wasn't even a week old my mom(-in-law) came to help. We relaxed and talked and cuddled babies for a week and then a few days later my mom came to help too for another 10 days. She helped me clean, organize, sleep, and just get ready for our new "normal" when she left. It made the transition so much easier and I really appreciate all their help. I am so grateful to have them both in my life!
Here are some pics of Logan's first few weeks of life.

Ethan is sharing his blanket?! You know it must be real love!

Future Spratling basketball team. Trent point guard with Ethan and Logan as his right and left wings respectively. Or at least that is how Trent tells it ;). 

Grandma and Ethan doing the dishes. Both of them were big helpers!

Haha! I love this one. Although I don't think Logan did at the time ;).

Logan

We are SO happy to have Logan in our lives. I just wanted to write down a little about his birth and first few weeks.

Logan was due on January 7th and I went into labor on the evening of January 5th. I didn't feel hardly any pain with Ethan and I was at 5 cm when I got to the hospital. I was at 4 cm with Logan just two days before Logan was born and I am going to admit that I was slightly surprised that the early contractions that I was having with Logan really hurt! It of course wasn't too bad starting off, I just had never felt that pain before. We called the hospital, dropped Ethan off at our neighbor/friend's house and headed to the hospital. After lots of lower back pain, an epidural, and some sleeping during the night, the midwife came to check me in the morning and found that the baby's head was right there! So she started to get everything ready for me to start pushing. After about 45 minutes our sweet baby was born! They placed the baby on my chest and as Trent and I looked at its little face, the midwife and nurse both said: "Well?! What's the gender?" Trent and I both started (how could that not have been the first thing we checked?) and Trent lifted up its little leg and said/yelled, "its a BOY!" Then he turned to look at me and repeated it with this look of pure joy and excitement: "ITS A BOY!" I will never forget that face. It was better than a little kid at Christmas. I am telling you: PURE JOY. He can't believe he's been so blessed. He has his boys now. I am so happy too. And now I want my girls :).

 Getting ready to go to the hospital! I thought I should have one last picture so that I could prove that I really was as big as I felt ;). I carried Ethan like this throughout my whole pregnancy and it never got hard. Then, after I got home from the hospital I could barely pick Ethan up! It was like my arms had gotten used to carrying a 9 lb baby and my brain just said that Ethan's 32 lbs were too much. Hahaha.

Here he is, officially weighing in at 8 lbs 13 oz! One of the first things

I thought when I saw him was that he was a little chunker! Hahaha.

Eeesshh. This is an awful picture. But it shows how tired we were
even though we slept most of the night!

Trent is so proud to have two sons. He is so happy that I can't help but be extra happy for him too!

24 hours old. Look at that hair! Trent and I kept looking at him, saying, "Who's baby is this?" We aren't used to chunky, hairy babies around here ;).

It was kind of weird to have such an uneventful birth. I kept thinking, "Is this it? It seems too easy..." 

It was so wonderful to take my baby home with me though. Really wonderful.

This is the best picture I have of his chubby little face. The closest thing to what I remember when they first put him in my arms. Except his eyes were open then. It was so precious to see him just looking around, so alert. I never got to have that with Ethan, so it was 

extra precious to have it with Logan.

When we came home our neighbor Jen walked Ethan home. At first he just wanted to me to hold him. But then he got so excited to see Logan he started jumping around and yelling, "Baby brother, baby brother!!"

First night at home. I didn't think Ethan really understood that we were bringing a new baby home. One that would stay forever. But he was so excited to see Logan and he couldn't get this permanent smile/look of awe off of his face. I think he understood though because he has never really acted jealous of Logan and he loves him so much. He will be so happy when Logan can actually play with him!

I was a little terrified to have another baby because I didn't know how I would handle two kids, but Ethan has been amazing. He loves Logan and is surprisingly helpful. I actually find that I spend more time with them than I thought I would (and I get less done around the house too) and it has been wonderful. I can't imagine life without Logan now. I can't wait to see the little person that he will grow up to be!