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Melissa Rycroft Welcomes First Child!

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Melissa RycroftMELISSA Rycroft Strickland is a mommy after welcoming her first child!

The former Bachelor contestant and her husband, insurance agent Tye Strickland, welcomed a daughter on Wednesday afternoon.

Ava Grace Strickland was born in Dallas and weighed in at 6 lbs., 13 oz.

Melissa and Tye wed in December 2009 in Mexico.

“Our lives have changed so much in the last two years and today we’ve been blessed with the best change ever, our beautiful baby girl,” Melissa told People magazine.

“Everything is wonderful and life is exactly as it should be.”

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