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(NEW YORK) — The widow of Columbus Blue Jackets star Johnny Gaudreau, Meredith Gaudreau, introduced her being pregnant with their third youngster at Monday’s memorial service for Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew Gaudreau.
“John and I had one of the best six months as a household of 4. These will endlessly be one of the best six months of my life,” Meredith Gaudreau mentioned on the service. “There’s particularly one week that I’ll cherish endlessly — it will likely 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 mentioned. “His response was simply instantly kissing me and hugging me.”
Their first youngster, 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 mentioned on the memorial service. “It doesn’t even sound doable, however I take a look at it as the final 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.”
“To my infants, daddy loves you all a lot and you’ve got one of the best daddy on this planet,” she mentioned.
On Aug. 29, Johnny Gaudreau, 31, and his brother Matthew Gaudreau, 29, have been driving bikes in Salem County, New Jersey, once they have been struck and killed by a driver suspected of being inebriated, in line with police. The suspected driver was arrested and charged with two counts of dying by auto, in line with police.
Matthew Gaudreau’s spouse, Madeline Gaudreau, can also be pregnant with their first youngster.
“This final week has felt like I’ve been trapped in a nightmare I can’t get up from,” Madeline Gaudreau mentioned on the memorial service. “I really feel numb, indignant, unhappy, blessed . Some days the considered this new actuality is debilitating. However principally, 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 arduous days,” she mentioned.
“He was born to be a dad,” Madeline Gaudreau mentioned. “The second we discovered about our son Tripp, it consumed his each day. He was downloading apps, ordering books, discovering one of the best diaper model, ensuring I had one of the best 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 mentioned by tears.
She mentioned she hopes her son and Meredith Gaudreau’s child, Johnny, have the identical bond their dads did.
To Meredith Gaudreau, she mentioned, “I promise that I’ll at all times be there for you and the youngsters.”
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 mentioned.
The Gaudreau brothers died the evening earlier than their sister, Katie, was set to get married, in line with their former coaches.
The brothers have been “at all times facet by facet” and “very best pals,” Meredith Gaudreau wrote on Instagram two days after their deaths.
“I don’t assume John might reside a day with out you so I’m comforted figuring out you’re after all collectively in heaven,” she mentioned 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 received Madeline and Tripp,” she mentioned.
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