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(NEW YORK) — The widow of Columbus Blue Jackets star Johnny Gaudreau, Meredith Gaudreau, introduced her being pregnant with their third little one at Monday’s memorial service for Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew Gaudreau.
“John and I had the most effective six months as a household of 4. These will eternally be the most effective six months of my life,” Meredith Gaudreau stated on the service. “There’s particularly one week that I’ll cherish eternally — it is going to be my favourite week of my life out of these six months. We’re really a household of 5. I’m in my ninth week of being pregnant with our third child.”
She referred to as the being pregnant a “whole shock.”
“John was beaming and so excited,” she stated. “His response was simply instantly kissing me and hugging me.”
Their first little one, daughter Noa Harper Gaudreau, was born Sept. 30, 2022. Their second, son Johnny Edward Gaudreau, was born Feb. 22.
“Noa, our oldest, hasn’t even turned 2 but. In lower than three years of marriage, we’ve created a household of 5,” Meredith Gaudreau stated on the memorial service. “It doesn’t even sound doable, however I take a look at it as the last word blessing. How fortunate am I to be the mom of John’s three infants? Our final one being a blessing and so particular regardless of these tough circumstances.”
“To my infants, daddy loves you all a lot and you’ve got the most effective daddy on the earth,” she stated.
On Aug. 29, Johnny Gaudreau, 31, and his brother Matthew Gaudreau, 29, have been driving bikes in Salem County, New Jersey, after they have been struck and killed by a driver suspected of being drunk, based on police. The suspected driver was arrested and charged with two counts of demise by auto, based on police.
Matthew Gaudreau’s spouse, Madeline Gaudreau, can be pregnant with their first little one.
“This final week has felt like I’ve been trapped in a nightmare I can’t get up from,” Madeline Gaudreau stated on the memorial service. “I really feel numb, indignant, unhappy, blessed unexpectedly. Some days the considered this new actuality is debilitating. However largely, I simply miss Matt.”
“The 14 years we spent collectively won’t ever be sufficient, however I’ll cherish these and carry them near me, particularly on the extraordinarily laborious days,” she stated.
“He was born to be a dad,” Madeline Gaudreau stated. “The second we discovered about our son Tripp, it consumed his each day. He was downloading apps, ordering books, discovering the most effective diaper model, ensuring I had the most effective nutritional vitamins and asking for ideas from John. I’ll always remember the tears he had in his eyes when he first heard Tripp’s heartbeat.”
“I do know Matt will encompass his son for the remainder of his life,” she stated by tears.
She stated she hopes her son and Meredith Gaudreau’s child, Johnny, have the identical bond their dads did.
To Meredith Gaudreau, she stated, “I promise that I’ll at all times be there for you and the children.”
Madeline Gaudreau additionally made some extent on the service to induce individuals to not drink and drive.
“Please don’t put one other household by this torture,” she stated.
The Gaudreau brothers died the evening earlier than their sister, Katie, was set to get married, based on their former coaches.
The brothers have been “at all times facet by facet” and “very best associates,” Meredith Gaudreau wrote on Instagram two days after their deaths.
“I don’t suppose John may reside a day with out you so I’m comforted figuring out you might be after all collectively in heaven,” she stated in a message to her brother-in-law.
“Matty, thanks for loving our infants like your individual and for being such a tremendous uncle and godfather,” she added, pledging to maintain his spouse, Madeline, and their future son.
“Please proceed to maintain John such as you at all times have. I acquired Madeline and Tripp,” she stated.
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