Meredith Gaudreau, the spouse of late NHL star Johnny Gaudreau, introduced she’s pregnant with the couple’s third child throughout her emotional eulogy at his memorial service.
“We’re truly a household of 5,” Meredith — who shared daughter Noa, 23 months, and son Johnny, 6 months, together with her late husband — stated at his Monday, September 9 funeral held at St. Mary Magdalen Parish outdoors Philadelphia. “I’m in my ninth week of being pregnant with our third child. A complete shock, however once more, John was beaming and so excited.”
Meredith added, “I used to be so nervous as a result of this was, once more, a complete shock. However his response was simply instantly kissing me and hugging me though I used to be driving the automobile. After the preliminary pleasure sank in, each time he checked out me, he would say, ‘You’re nuts, that? Three children?’”
Johnny and brother Matthew Gaudreau had been struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver whereas using bikes collectively on Thursday, August 29. Johnny was 31 years outdated.
“Noa, our oldest, hasn’t even turned two but,” Meredith continued on Monday. “In lower than three years of marriage, we’ve created a household of 5. It doesn’t even sound attainable. 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 troublesome circumstances.”
She added, “To my infants, daddy loves you all a lot and you’ve got the very best daddy on the planet.”
Madeline Gaudreau, spouse to the late Matthew, can be pregnant with the couple’s first little one, set to be named Tripp. “I’m so grateful God gave us a toddler, somewhat Matty, to run round for all times, to hold on his legacy,” she stated throughout her personal speech on Monday. “Tripp will know the way a lot his father beloved him, and I promise to do all of the issues with him we talked about.”
Matthew Gaudreau and his spouse, Madeline Gaudreau, had been collectively for almost 15 years — and married three — earlier than his premature demise. “Greatest 14 years of my life 🤍 I’ll cherish these years and also you for the remainder of my life,” Madeline wrote through Instagram in September 2024 days after her husband and his […]
Throughout her tearful, almost 40-minute speech, Meredith gave a particular point out to Johnny and Matthew’s mother and father, Man and Jane.
“I’ve heard tales and I do know elevating these two boys so shut in age was no straightforward feat, however they had been each household first all the time. I ponder the place they obtained that from,” Meredith stated with a smile. “I pray that my relationship with my children will mirror the connection you have got with all 4 of yours.”
Man and Jane are additionally mother and father of daughters Kristen and Katie, the latter of whom was scheduled to get married the day after Johnny and Matthew had been killed.
“I additionally pray that my kids develop as much as be as shut with one another as your kids are,” Meredith stated. “I couldn’t ask for something extra.”