If Dancing With the Stars mirror balls were awarded based on how much the stars make viewers at home cry, Vanessa Lachey clinched the prize early on Monday night. For her "Most Memorable Year" rumba, she picked 2017, because of the birth of her third child, Phoenix Robert . That memorable event actually happened on December 24, 2016, when she had to undergo an emergency C-section 10 weeks before his due date.