Nick and Vanessa's youngest child, Phoenix, was born 10 weeks premature on Dec. 24, 2016, after an umbilical cord prolapse, and was subsequently hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Vanessa reflected on Phoenix's birth on his sixth birthday on Instagram, writing in a post, "It was 2:34am on December 24th 2016. I had been in the hospital for 10 days already because my water broke 11 weeks early and we were trying to do all we could to keep him healthy and in my womb for a few more weeks. Well, he had different plans."
"I went to the restroom and when I stood up I realized my umbilical cord was coming out, an umbilical cord prolapse," she continued. "Immediately I was taken to an emergency delivery. 6 years later, you'd never know he was a premie! And when I tell him his birth story, he says, 'Mama, I came early because I didn't want to miss Christmas!'"
Today, Phoenix is healthy and just as cute as ever, keeping up with his older siblings Camden and Brooklyn. His mom even calls him the "missing piece to our family puzzle we never knew we needed."
