Scotty McCreery and his wife Gabi share the first Christmas card with little boy Merrick Avery on Instagram
Scotty McCreery and his wife Gabi celebrated their first Christmas with their baby boy, Merrick Avery.
The 29-year-old American Idol winner recently shared a Christmas card on social media, which featured himself, Gabi and the baby propped up in a gift bag next to the family dog, Moose.
“Still favorite Christmas cards,” Scotty wrote in the caption for his approximately 663,000 followers on Instagram.
Christmas Card: Scotty McCreery and his wife Gabi celebrated their first Christmas with their baby boy, Merrick Avery
A second slide showed the back of the Christmas card, which also served as the birth announcement.
It read, “Merrick “Avery” McCreery, October 24, 2022, 7lb 13oz” and included photos of Merrick, including one with Moose.
“Sending love from our family to yours this holiday season,” read the card, which was lovingly signed by Scotty, Gabi, Avery and Moose.
Scotty won season 10 of American Idol in May 2011 with compatriot Lauren Alaina, 28, and came in second.
Birth announcement: A second slide also showed the back of the Christmas card as a birth announcement
He was working as a backhoe at Lowes Foods in North Carolina when he auditioned for American Idol at age 16.
Scotty turned 17 during the competition, becoming the youngest male winner and the second youngest winner overall after 33-year-old Season 6 Champion Jordin Sparks, who was also 17 when she won.
In September 2021 he released his fifth studio album Same Truck.
Singing show: Scotty won season 10 of American Idol in May 2011 with fellow country co-star Lauren Alaina, 28, and came in second, shown with host Ryan Seacrest during the finale
Scotty got engaged to longtime girlfriend Gabi Dugal in September 2017.
They married in North Carolina in June 2018 and announced last June that they are expecting a baby boy, whom they call by his middle name Avery.
Scotty appeared on CMA Country Christmas earlier this month, streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.
Cute couple: Gabi and husband Scotty, shown in Nashville in November 2021, married in North Carolina in June 2018 and announced last June that they are expecting a baby boy
He also serves as executive producer on Five More Minutes: Moments Like These, which premiered on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries earlier this month.
The film is the second Christmas film inspired by Scotty’s song Five More Minutes.
Scotty also has an upcoming tour scheduled to begin in January with a show in Hinton, Oklahoma.
Newcomer: Scotty and Gabi are beaming with Merrick on Instagram in October