Scotty McCreery and wife Gabi share first Christmas card with baby boy Merrick Avery on Instagram

Scotty McCreery and his wife Gabi have 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 featuring himself, Gabi and the baby that was propped up inside a gift bag next to the family dog Moose.

‘Favorite Christmas cards yet,’ Scotty wrote in the caption for his roughly 663,000 followers on Instagram.

Christmas card: Scotty McCreery and his wife Gabi have celebrated their first Christmas with their baby boy Merrick Avery

A second slide showed the back of the Christmas card also doubling as a birth announcement.

It read: ‘Merrick ‘Avery’ McCreery, October 24, 2022, 7 lb 13 oz’ and included photos of Merrick, including one with Moose.

‘Sending love from our family to yours this Christmas season,’ said the card signed with love by Scotty, Gabi, Avery and Moose.

Scotty won season 10 of American Idol in May 2011 with fellow country singer Lauren Alaina, 28, finishing as runner-up.

Birth announcement: A second slide showed the back of the Christmas card also doubling as a birth announcement

He was working as a bagger at Lowes Foods in North Carolina when he auditioned for American Idol at age 16.

Scotty turned 17 during the competition and became the youngest male winner and second youngest winner overall after season six champion Jordin Sparks, 33, who also was 17 when she won.

He released his fifth studio album Same Truck in September 2021.

Singing show: Scotty won season 10 of American Idol in May 2011 with fellow country singer Lauren Alaina, 28, finishing as runner-up, shown with host Ryan Seacrest during the finale

Scotty got engaged to his longtime girlfriend Gabi Dugal in September 2017.

They got married in June 2018 in North Carolina and announced last June that they were expecting a baby boy who they call by his middle name Avery.

Scotty earlier this month performed on CMA Country Christmas, which is streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.

Cute couple: Gabi and husband Scotty, shown in November 2021 in Nashville, got married in June 2018 in North Carolina and announced last June that they were expecting a baby boy

He also serves as an executive producer of Five More Minutes: Moments Like These that premiered earlier this month on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

The film is the second Christmas movie inspired by Scotty’s song Five More Minutes.

Scotty also has an upcoming tour scheduled to start in January with a show in Hinton, Oklahoma.

New addition: Scotty and Gabi are shown beaming with Merrick in October on Instagram