Boston is 8 years old!
Boston is our oldest child. He is 8 years old, in 2nd grade and currently homeschooled due to the Corona Virus (covid 19) "pandemic"
Boston was born July 26th 2011 in Hendrson Nevada. His first year and a half of life was extremely exciting due to him being our first child and also his kidney, ureter and bladder problems. He had 8 procedures done to fix it!!! All ending with an 8 hour reconstruction surgery at primary children's hospital when he was 15 months old.
Boston was such a good baby. He slept well, ate well and turned into an extremely hard 3 year old full of emotions! A lot of his troubles came because he was and still is
EXTREMELY bright! He learned to speak at a very early age and was speaking full sentences by 18 months old, he was potty trained at 20 months. (Crazy stuff with all kidney issues) Boston was and still is really tall and mature for his age. Even as a tiny toddler he just seemed "older" . He always has been treated 2-3 years older than he is! It has some advantages, but ultimately isn't fair to him. Zach and I have to remain ourselves all the ti,e to treat him as his age. Boston has always been extremely coordinated and strong. I'll never forget the nurses telling me when he was first born after his surgery how strong he was. That has never changed! He is strong, smart, athletic, and handsome! Boston has everything going for him. His emotions are of his age, and his actions and features are of someone older. With being so intellectual and big it's hard for him to emotionally keep up. Zach and I have spent endless hours trying to figure out how to help him fight through anxieties and self doubts he may have so he can be the very best he can be!
Boston started soccer at the age of 3 and decimated the field. He was always the best on his team. He also started Tball at 3 and rocked that too. He ended both those sorts at the age of 6 even though comp teams wanted him already! He started flag football at 5 and fell in love. He also started wrestling at 5 and took off in that sport. He started tackle football at 7 and has played 2 seasons of that. He is an animal when it comes to sports. If he could play basketball during wrestling season I know he would be dominant due to his size ability to shoot the ball. We have chosen to push him into football and wrestling. He has a love and passion for football and is an incredible wrestler. He ha also been mowing the lawn by himself since he was 6 and is dang good st it! He loves to mow!
Wrestling accomplishments: 2 time superstate champ...superstar runner up. 2 time freestyle state champ and Greco champ. Boston has plaver at many national tournaments and is currently a wrestling at Sanderson Wrestling Academy. I can't wait to see how he keeps progressing! His best friends there are mckoy Evan's and diesel masacro.
He played tackle football as a 7 year old with viewmonet Vikings and was the youngest one on his team! Not the smallest however! Boston could play any position he was assigned. He knew every play and was amazing. He never got a great opportunity for a touchdown, although if given the chance he would have scored a few...but he was the only kid on the team who could open holes and block for his quarterback so that was the most important thing for him to do. When he was 8 we decided to play in Kaysville and have zach coach. It was the perfect fit for him! He was the leader of the team. He really learned to tackle well this last season. He hit the hardest, worked the hardest and ran the ball the best. Anytime the team needed a first down boss could get it. Boston was an excellent player for zach to coach and proved how well he could behave even when daddy coached. We can't wait to see what happens this year!
Boston is a special boy. He can make friends with anyone wherever he is at. He can talk to adults and play with babies. He is am excellent big brother who I know if a disaster strikes he will be there for his siblings. For only being 8, I can't believe how responsible he is. Boston loves WWE figures and toys. Between the 3 boys they gave 36 figures! He also has about 8 footballs! He loves to play football in the yard with me on a team. We go back and forth down the field. I love playing that game with him. I could play it for hours, but it's hard with all the other kids to get too much time. He is pretty patient about it though. Boston is an a,amazing student. He is every teacher's favorite kid. They all tell me that lol. Boston is content being hom during this pandemic he hasn't asked one time to play with a friend. He is happy here with his brothers. We have our moments but for the most part it is great. Boston was baptized in the LDS church at 8. He loves his grandparents and spending time with them. He has always had a special relationship with papa neal. All my kids do.
Boss is very sensitive to emotions around him. If I am mad, he knows it and becomes emotional. He can read people and generally knows how to act to try and make the situation better. Sometimes he doesn't know when to stop being obnoxious and we have to to get mad. It's normal though. He is starting to get some teen attitude and I am not ready for that! He also wants to be or see anything on tv. So if its football he is not stop football. Mma he is all that...sandlot he all of a sudden acts like benny. It's quite hilarious!
Some of my favorite things to do with him are play catch and "together on a team" wrestle with him...soon he will be too strong! I love playing card games with him when we can and I absolutely love listening to music eith him. He can memorize a song after only hearing it a time or two and I love singing along with him. I love him so dang much. I can't wait to see who he grows up to be.
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