Lucy's First Car Accident

Okay, so it wasn't exactly a car accident, but it was crazy and I didn't know what else to call it! On Wednesday, June 18, We took our car for its safety inspection and decided to walk to the Mall while we waited. We put Lucy in our favorite and trusty baby backpack on Dave's back. We were coming to a big intersection, but there was construction on the sidewalk so we had to walk around to the crosswalk. I guess while we were walking around the yellow beetle ready to turn right, she must have been looking left for cars and didn't see us getting ready to cross. Dave and Lucy walked right out in front of the car because we had a walk signal and the car was clearly stopped. Without looking back she started to go, looked in front of her, saw David and Lucy, started screaming, hit the gas (what?) hit David and Lucy! Luckily, David athletically jumped up on the hood a little and saved our little angel. They were both fine. I had screamed pretty loud and we were both a little shook up by it. I don't think it would have been as big of a deal if Lucy wasn't on Dave's back. My biggest concern is that the lady's reaction was to step on the gas and scream when she saw David and Lucy in front of her. I would certainly hope my reaction would be to step on the brakes, but she eventually stopped and there was no real harm done. Don't startle her, I guess! I feel very blessed everyone was okay!