Former Bachelorette Emily Maynard's eldest daughter, Ricki Hendrick, is all grown up and beginning her circle of relatives.
Ricki made headlines on Tuesday, August 26, when she revealed she is pregnant along with her first child at age 20. She shared the information by way of her Instagram Story by posting a sonogram.
“My coronary heart is so full, but my abdomen is so empty as a result of she hates all meals. I'm satisfied,” Ricki captioned a video of her child shifting.
Whereas Maynard, 39, has not publicly addressed Ricki's being pregnant, she has a historical past of gushing over her firstborn any likelihood she will get.
“Ricki, you're stunning inside and outside and I'm simply so joyful that God picked me to be your mommy,” Maynard wrote via Instagram in July 2021 on her eldest daughter's birthday. “You might be extra valuable than all of the rubies!”
Scroll all the way down to get to know Maynard's daughter Ricki — and see how a lot she's grown since her mother made a reputation for herself on The Bachelor in 2011:
Ricki Is Named After Her Late Father
Maynard was engaged to race automobile driver Ricky Hendrick when he died in an airplane accident in October 2004. He was 24 years outdated. After his dying, Maynard discovered she was pregnant with their first baby.
Maynard, who was 19 years outdated on the time, gave start to daughter Josephine Riddick Hendrick in June 2005, whom she calls Ricki or “Ki” in honor of her late fiancé.
She Was Featured on ‘The Bachelor'
When Maynard made her actuality TV debut in 2011 whereas competing for Brad Womack's coronary heart on The Bachelor, she made it clear Ricki was her No. 1 precedence. After mentioning her little woman for weeks, Ricki was featured on the fact present throughout Maynard's hometown go to. On the time Ricki was 5 years outdated and shy when she was launched to Womack.
Though Maynard acquired Womack's last rose, the pair ultimately referred to as it quits. Maynard was then chosen because the Bachelorette for season 8 of the spinoff and her life as a single mother elevating Ricki was a central subject. Ricki was 6 years outdated when The Bachelorette was filmed. Maynard acquired engaged to Jef Holm throughout her finale, however the couple broke up three months after filming in 2012.
“I want that I'd've stored [my time on The Bachelor and Bachelorette] completely separate [from Ricki],” Maynard confessed throughout a December 2017 episode of Folks's “Celeb Parents Get Real” podcast. “On the time, I assumed, ‘That is it,' and I by no means would've introduced her into it had I not thought that. So I want that I possibly would've taken a step again. Possibly sheltered her from that slightly bit extra.”
She Goes to Faculty in Florida
Maynard revealed in her 2023 Christmas card, shared by way of Instagram, that her eldest baby could be attending Palm Seashore Atlantic College starting the following 12 months. Ricki has since posted images of her time in Florida, together with beach pictures in February and going to a local pub in April.
She Is 1 of 6 Youngsters
Ricki is the one baby of Maynard and Hendrick, however she grew to become an enormous sister after her mother married Tyler Johnson in June 2014. Maynard and Johnson have welcomed 5 kids collectively: Jennings, Gibson, Gatlin, Magnolia and Jones in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2022, respectively.
“I can't depart them,” Ricki wrote via Instagram in June 2024, sharing a photograph with two of her youthful brothers earlier than she left house for school. “Bringing him to Florida,” she captioned one other sibling snap the next month.
