The singer, who shot to fame when he won ‘American Idol’ back in 2011, shares on Instagram some photos of himself and his wife cradling their new bundle of joy in her hospital bed.

AceShowbiz –Scotty McCreery is sharing joy after becoming a first-time father. Having welcomed his first child with wife Gabi Dugal, the season 10 winner of “American Idol” took to social media to introduce their newborn son.

Making use of Instagram on Tuesday, October 25, the proud dad unleashed some a photo of himself and his wife, who was cradling the infant in her hospital bed. He also attached some more photos of the new bundle of joy.

In the caption, Scotty gushed, “Never known a love like this, Merrick ‘Avery’ McCreery joined us 11 days early on October 24th at 4:34am! 7 lbs 13oz of nothin but love.” He added, “Thank yall for all of your prayers during this exciting season of life! Healthy baby and a healthy mama! Praise God.”

The post has since been flooded with congratulatory comments from many. One in particular was fellow singe Chris Lane, who exclaimed, “Congrats y’all!! So pumped for you..welcome to the daddy club.” His wife Lauren Bushnell joined in by writing, “Congrats!!!!” Pia Toscano then raved, “Congratulations Scotty!”

Scotty confirmed his wife’s pregnancy in June. “We got a little man on the way! We always knew we wanted kids, but we always knew we wanted the first few years to travel and have time on the road, to see things and experience life,” he said in an interview with PEOPLE. “We’ve gotten to live a lot of life and do some cool things, so seems like now’s a good time to settle down a little and expand the family.”

The “Damn Strait” hitmaker went on to explain that he initially suspected that the baby would be a girl because of their combined family histories but claimed it was a “nice surprise” to find out otherwise and is excited to teach his son about sports.

“I was the only boy on both sides of my family, the last McCreery boy out there. Gabi’s from two sisters in her family, so I just figured it would be a girl,” the crooner, who married Gabi in 2018, continued. “But we got a surprise of a boy! We would’ve been stoked with either but I grew up playing sports, so getting to introduce him to baseball, which was my first love right there with music, and golf are just little things that [will be great]!”

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