Derek Hough and his wife, Hayley Erbert, are officially parents.
The couple, who married in 2023, announced the birth of their daughter, named Everley Capri Hough, on Dec. 29, 2025, in a joint Instagram post shared Monday.
“Every step of our lives has led us to you. Our hearts have been cracked wide open and our world is forever changed,” the couple wrote, alongside a black and white photo holding their newborn’s feet.
The couple’s daughter arrived after the couple suffered through a pregnancy loss, and more than two years since Erbert underwent an emergency brain surgery that included removing part of her skull — and saved her life.
“I’ve gone through every human emotion imaginable, the kind that cracks you open and the kind that puts you back together,” Ebert wrote in an emotional Instagram post in December. “I’ve reclaimed parts of myself I thought I’d never find again.”
“I’m truly grateful for it all, and so incredibly proud of myself and my body for everything it has endured. What a miracle it is that two years ago I was fighting for my life … and now, here I am creating life.”
The couple revealed they were expecting a baby together in July with an Instagram video, writing, “We can’t believe the biggest thing to happen to us could be so small.”
Just months before his baby arrived, Hough spoke on his excitement about becoming a father during an appearance on “The Jennifer Hudson Show.”
“Sometimes I like I forget, right? I’m doing things, and I just glance over there and I see her bump, (and) I’m like, ‘Whoa.’ I’m like, ‘I’m gonna be a dad,’ ” he told Hudson. “And, I cannot wait. I cannot wait.”
He opened up about the first time he felt his baby kick, noting that he gets “emotional just thinking about it.”
“I felt the baby kick for the first time, and it was that feeling that everybody talks about and describes, where all of a sudden everything became vivid and different,” he explained. “And I’m like, ‘Whoa, I’m going to be something that I’ve never (been.) I’m going to feel something I’ve never experienced before yet.’ And, I just can’t wait. I can’t wait.”