SQL Question for order by Month

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I am using the Google Charts API to create some custom charts, and that is working well but now I have an odd SQL question.
I am creating a custom chart which compares Leads Generated this year vs Leads generated the same time the previous year.
The query below works well BUT how can I sort the months in their correct natural order?

SELECT 
   YEAR(date_entered) as year, 
   MONTHNAME(date_entered) as MONTH, 
   count(id) as total 
FROM leads 
WHERE  
    YEAR(date_entered) = YEAR(NOW() - INTERVAL 1 YEAR) OR 
    YEAR(date_entered) = YEAR(NOW())
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This solution seemed simple and worked

           SELECT 
                    YEAR(date_entered) as year, 
                    MONTHNAME(date_entered) as month, 
                    MONTH(date_entered) as monthnumber, 
                    COUNT(id) as total
            FROM leads 
            WHERE 
                    YEAR(date_entered) = YEAR(NOW() - INTERVAL 1 YEAR) OR 
                    YEAR(date_entered) = YEAR(NOW()) 
            GROUP BY 
                  month
            ORDER BY 
                year,monthnumber ASC