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Jamie Lynn Spears celebrates daughter Maddie’s middle school graduation

Jamie Lynn Spears’ daughter Maddie is a middle school graduate.

The “Zoey 101” alum, 31, celebrated her soon-to-be “high schooler” Thursday, posting new family photos from the ceremony with the 13-year-old, husband Jamie Watson and daughter Ivey, 4.

“🤯🙎🏼‍♀️💔🥺😭,” Spears captioned the Instagram slideshow.

Maddie and Ivey adorably matched in the social media upload, both rocking white dresses.

The grad, who paired hers with turquoise heels, held her diploma in many of the sweet shots as well as a gift bag.

Spears welcomed Maddie in 2008 with her then-boyfriend, Casey Aldridge. The former couple nearly lost their little one in an ATV accident eight years later.

Jamie Lynn Spears, Jamie Watson and her daughters, Maddie and Ivey, at Maddie's middle school graduation.
Spears’ husband, Jamie Watson, and their daughter, Ivey, 4, attended the ceremony. jamielynnspears/Instagram

Maddie drove the vehicle into a pond on her family’s Louisiana property in the 2017 incident. When the ATV flipped, she was knocked unconscious and submerged underwater for several minutes.

The then-8-year-old was airlifted to the hospital, where she remained for five days.

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Jamie Lynn Spears and daughters Maddie and Ivey at Maddie's middle school graduation.
Maddie proudly showed off her diploma.jamielynnspears/Instagram
Jamie Lynn Spears' daughters, Maddie and Ivey, at Maddie's middle school graduation.
Maddie proudly showed off her diploma.jamielynnspears/Instagram
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Watson, 39, assured his Instagram followers at the time that his stepdaughter was doing “better and better.”

The businessman, who wed Spears in 2014 and welcomed Ivey with her in 2018, wrote, “Believe in miracles. … Thank you everyone for the prayers.”

Jamie Lynn Spears smiling in a white pantsuit.
Spears shares Maddie and Ivey with ex Casey Aldridge and Watson, respectively. jamielynnspears/Instagram

Despite Maddie’s recovery, the “Sweet Magnolias” star, who made headlines earlier this year for feuding with sister Britney Spears, is still “haunted” by the accident.

“The biggest thought that I think stays with me is that when I was trying to save her — when I thought that I’d lost her — I was so afraid that her last thought was, ‘Why didn’t Mama save me?’” she wrote in her memoir, “Things I Should Have Said,” released in January. “I just hope she knows that I was doing everything I could.”

Jamie Lynn also shared in an emotional February 2020 Instagram post that “world stood still” during the almost-tragedy.

“I have never spoken fully in detail about that day, and the events that followed, but what I will share is that God blessed us with a true miracle,” she gushed at the time.

“Maddie not only stayed here with us, but she made a full recovery,” the former Nickelodeon star concluded. “I hope you all know we do not take this huge blessing we were given for granted.”