We have a driver!

When Ryleigh first got her Mustang, she thought it was so cool, she couldn't even wait for daddy and papa to get it together. She played in it and pretended to drive (the battery was charging). The next day when we got home, I put the battery in and she hopped right in. But, as soon as she realized it moved, she was out of it and refused to get back in. We tried everything, we even brought it in the house, but nothing. She would stand on the outside and push the buttons and put her babies in it, but she wanted nothing more to do with it. Friday, Andrew brought his truck over to Grammy's to show Ryleigh that it wasn't anything to be scared of. It took some convincing, but Uncle Matt finally got her in the truck and Andrew took her all over the yard. She loved it!!! She just laughed and smiled so big. Then, Aunt Sarah asked her if she wanted to drive and Ryleigh climbed right over there and took off (well sort of, she wasn't the best driver!). She didn't want to give up her turn, but eventually her and Andrew started taking turns. They had so much fun and I was so excited to see that she wasn't scared. When we got home, I tried to get her in her Mustang, but she still wanted nothing to do with it. It was late and she was tired, so I didn't push it. But I climbed in (and I may not be as big as a house yet, but it wasn't easy fitting my pregnant body into that thing!) and she sat next to me and we just went back and forth in the living room. She was ok with that, but nothing more. The next evening, we took it outside and she climbed in the passenger seat but didn't want to sit in the driver seat. I tried to push the gas pedal with my hand and drive her around, but that was to hard to do. So we got a long pipe and just pushed it with that and took her around the yard. Still, she wanted nothing to do with the driver seat. We were ok with that though because we made progress. On Sunday, we were all outside and her car was in the garage and she hopped in and then eventually moved over the driver seat. We let her know how excited we were and told her to drive it and finally she pushed the gas pedal and took off!! She had so much fun! She drove it all over. Our yard isn't the best place because it slopes so much, so Tom and I walked with her up the road and back while she drove. She really enjoyed it. She is a bit of a scary driver. I believe at one point she may have given herself whiplash. She ran into the garage door steps so hard that she came out of her seat. It was pretty funny though. Finally, she will drive it! It took a week for it to happen! We were so surprised that she was scared of it because she LOVES going for rides on the mower with daddy and she like to ride on the equipment here at work. But that is ok, she now loves it and she looks so cute driving it!!!
GO RYLEIGH!!!!!