One of ABC’s most memorable Bachelorettes, Melissa Rycroft, has just announced that she and her husband Tye Strickland have welcomed a baby girl.
Most of you will remember Melissa from Jason Mesnick’s season of The Bachelor. She was originally chosen as the girl Jason wanted to spend his life with but shortly afterwards was dumped by Mesnick and traded in for runner-up Molly Malaney. Molly and Jason are now married and Melissa is happily married to her pre-Bachelor boyfriend Tye (weird, right?).
Melissa is a happy new mom to 6lb 13oz Ava Grace Strickland. What an adorable name for a little girl. I have to admit, that’s the cutest name I’ve heard in a while.
“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, 27, tells PEOPLE.
But does Melissa ever think back on her days on The Bachelor and wish things would have ended differently? Not in the least. “Everything is wonderful and life is exactly as it should be,” she said.
We couldn’t be happier for Melissa and Tye.
Congratulations!
