Derek Hough and Hayley Erbert Hough are formally dad and mom — and their hearts are fuller than ever.
The Dancing With the Stars decide, 40, and his spouse, 31, introduced the arrival of their first youngster, a child lady, on January 5, 2026. The couple shared the joyful information on Instagram alongside a touching black-and-white picture of themselves gently holding their new child’s tiny toes.
“December 29, 2025 Everley Capri Hough 🤍 Each step of our lives has led us to you. Our hearts have been cracked large open and our world is endlessly modified,” Derek and Hayley wrote within the caption, introducing followers to their daughter.
The milestone second comes simply over two years after the couple tied the knot. Derek and Hayley, who first met greater than a decade in the past, have lengthy been a fan-favorite duo — each on and off the dance ground.
The pair first met in 2014 whereas touring collectively on Derek and Julianne Hough’s Transfer Dwell Tour. Their skilled partnership finally turned romantic in 2015, although they stored their relationship principally non-public till going public in 2017. After eight years of courting, Derek proposed in 2022, and the 2 mentioned “I do” on August 26, 2023.
The couple first revealed they have been anticipating in July 2025 with a candy Instagram video. Within the sun-soaked clip, Derek and Hayley embraced outside as Hayley proudly held up a strip of sonogram pictures. “We are able to’t imagine the largest factor to occur to us may very well be so small ♥️,” they captioned the submit.
As Hayley’s due date approached, she shared each laughs and actual speak about getting ready for parenthood. “The perfect piece of recommendation that I’ve gotten is to not take heed to anyone’s recommendation,” she instructed E! Information. “As a result of you’ll get so many individuals attempting to offer recommendation and you then’re simply gonna be like, that doesn’t work for my youngster.”
Nonetheless, there was one significant suggestion the couple totally embraced. “The perfect piece of recommendation that Derek received was, if he’s capable of and he’s keen, ‘Catch the newborn,’” Hayley defined. “To be the primary palms to catch your child earth-side is essentially the most particular factor ever. And he can be the palms that deliver the newborn to me.”
Household pleasure has been constructing, too. Derek’s sister Julianne Hough couldn’t be happier about welcoming one other niece into the household.
“Hayley and Derek are such a wonderful match. They’re the proper mixture of creativity and power they usually give a lot love to one another and the individuals of their lives,” Julianne, 38, instructed Individuals.
She added, “Having Derek, Hayley, and this new little angel dwelling right here in [Los Angeles] shall be so wonderful, and I couldn’t be extra excited to spoil the newborn rotten!”
