Keagan's First...

Polar Plunge!

Papaw and Gramma have a place at Indian Lake that we love to go to in the summer. I was very excited about getting to take Keagan there after he was born (maybe I'll still get to!) and him having the memory of spending summers there with his family. For this reason, I definitely wanted to make sure we did one of Keagan's first at the lake, so when Gramma told me about the polar plunge I thought it was a great idea.

As you may know, a polar plunge is when people jump into freezing cold water, creating quite a sight that I was excited to see. Well, Gramma had bigger plans for us... I went to Papaw and Gramma's house on Saturday with the expectation that Keagan and I were only going to be watching this crazy event, but I walked in and saw a towel in mom's hands. Earlier in the week she had told me that dad and his friend may be doing it so I thought, oh, they must have decided to participate but then remembered she told me the night before that they weren't. When I asked why she had it, her response, with a nice little grin on her face, was "You and Keagan!" She wanted us to do a "baby polar plunge" and just have me put my feet in. Yeah....right!

We went to a nice lunch with mom and dad's friends Stanley and Sherry and then headed over to Oldfield Beach. As we pulled in, Gramma encouragingly said "Do you want me to take the towel?" With very little enthusiam, I said "Sure...I can use it as a blanket :)" As we waited for the real thing, I convinced myself to do it. Papaw, Gramma, Stanley and I walked over to the side of the beach where I would not be in direct eyesight of anyone. I rolled up my pants, slipped off my shoes, and eased my way into the FREEZING COLD water. I don't even think the water came up to my ankles, but hey - it was cold! Keagan is lucky I love him because never would I do this for myself! He did not have any reaction when I stepped into the cold water, but he did give me a few kicks about ten minutes later.

After a big ordeal of getting sand off my feet, socks and shoes back on and trying to warm up a little, we watched the real thing. I was happy so many people participated because it was a fundraiser for Special Olympics, but those people are crazy! They were supposed to make it out to the people in yellow, give them a high five and come back in. Some didn't make it that far, but they all made it further than us. That's okay though - the few steps I took into the water were plenty for Keagan and I! After the polar plunge, we enjoyed spending time together at the Moose Lodge where the fundraiser continued.

As Gramma said, Keagan and I can now say we have done something most people haven't! I am glad to have shared this first with my son. He's the only reason I got through :)

It was also Keagan's first St. Patrick's Day, so we took advantage of this picture opportunity. To this man's defense, they had a costume contest as well :)

 

I sent a message to Roy and told him the water was freezing. His response was "You got in?!" I then sent him the picture of myself and said "This counts, right?" :) I was pretty proud of myself, even compared to the other people, but his response was it would be a special on the 11 o'clock news that a "pregnant polar bear was sighted jumping into Indian Lake."

Great company for the day! Love you all!