BACHELORETTE alum Emily Maynard’s daughter Ricki looks so grown up in new photos as her famous mom revealed the teen is now driving.
The 16-year-old’s father, and Emily’s ex-fiancé, Ricky Hendrick was killed in an airplane crash in 2004.
Emily took to Instagram to share the new snaps, the first which featured her alongside Ricki, as the pair smiled in front of a Jeep.
The Bachelorette alum’s eldest child posed alone for another photo, while she was joined by Emily and her stepdad, Tyler Johnson, for the third pic.
Emily captioned the sweet post: “My days of hearing what’s on my girls heart on the drive home from school are over. It feels like she went from 5 years old to driving in the blink of an eye.
“And even though I’ve been crying on demand all day, I’m so happy for her and her new found freedom. It’s a big day for you, Ki, and I’m so excited for you.”
The TV star concluded: “I’m also excited thinking about all the money I’m going to save on Postmates. I love you all the way to Heaven.”
Ricki would comment on the photos, writing: “Eek! these pictures do me no justice!! i l y b a e!”
Fans also chimed in, as one wrote: “Hugs! I cannot believe she’s 16!” and another said, “She can’t be old enough to drive!!! She was just a fifth grader yesterday!”
Aside from Ricki, Emily is also a mom to four more kids with Tyler: sons Jennings, six; Gibson, four, and Gatlin, three, as well as daughter Magnolia, 10 months.
TRAGIC PASSING
Emily was engaged to Ricky, a stock car racing driver, when he died in an airplane accident at the age of 24.
Sadly, the TV personality would learn she was pregnant with Ricky’s child after his death, however, she named her first born in honor of her late fiancé.
In her 2016 book I Said Yes: My Story of Heartbreak, Redemption and True Love, Emily revealed her final interaction with Ricky was a fight.
She wrote: “We were mad at each other. And it didn’t end well. I had no idea that that would be the last time I would see him.”
Emily would also describe her daughter Ricki’s birth as “kind of my light at the end of the tunnel.”
SEARCH FOR LOVE
Emily would appear on season 15 of The Bachelor in 2011 and get engaged to Brad Womack – for a brief time.
The mother of five would then become the star of The Bachelorette the following year, giving her final rose to Jef Holm before the pair would breakup after three months.
She and Tyler would tie the knot in 2014.
