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Scotty McCreery & Wife Gabi Announce They're Expecting First Child Together

Scotty McCreery & Wife Gabi Announce They're Expecting First Child Together

Scotty McCreery and his wife Gabi are expecting!

The 28-year-old American Idol alum announced the exciting news in an interview with People published Tuesday (June 21).

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“We got a little man on the way,” Scotty told the outlet, adding that he and Gabi have “always talked about” having children together.

“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 shared. “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.”

Gabi, who married Scotty in June 2018, explained that she had learned of her pregnancy earlier this year, sharing the “funny story” of how she told her husband and adding that it “didn’t quite go as planned.”

She said that she had originally wanted to tell him after picking up from the airport, before they were supposed to attend a hockey game together.

“Well, his flight got delayed, so that didn’t work out,” she remembered, explaining that she ended up telling him after the game.

“I’m over there drinking beers, having a good time, and she’s like, ‘I think I’ll just lay low tonight,’ so I was like, ‘Okay,’” Scotty chimed in. “I didn’t think anything of it.”

The couple also confirmed that they’re baby is due in November and that they’re having a boy.

“I was the only boy on both sides of my family, the last McCreery boy out there,” Scotty said. “Gabi‘s from two sisters in her family, so I just figured it would be a girl. But we got a surprise of a boy.”

While he would’ve been “stoked” with a boy or a girl, Scotty shared his excitement about all the moments he’ll share with his son.

“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].”

Gabi added that her work as a pediatric nurse has prepared her for when the newborn arrives. “Even just down to changing diapers multiple times in a day, and figuring out how to soothe the baby when they’re upset, for sure has helped,” she said.

“I definitely feel like it’s prepared me in many ways,” she continued, as Scotty said: “It’ll be great for me because I’ll be so nervous.”

“If the baby coughs, I’ll be like, ‘Hey, Gabi, is this okay? What’s happening here?’ So, knowing that she has that experience, I think will be huge,” the country star said.

While the pair have yet to decide on a name for their son, they did agree that they were already planning to bring the baby on the road with them when Scotty tours.

“I think we’ll bring another bus out and try to make a little nursery for him,” he shared. “It might not be every week, and we’ll see how the baby takes to the road life, but it’d be nice, just selfishly, to have Gabi and the baby out there with me. I don’t want to miss anything with him growing up.”

“Travel is so much a part of our life that I feel like if we start at a young age, it’ll prepare him a little bit,” Gabi noted.

Scotty concluded by saying that he felt like “everything’s happening all together” in both his career and his personal life, sharing that he “very grateful for fans that have been there since day one.”

He added, “[This is] uncharted waters for us, but we can’t wait to dive in and meet the little man.”

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