Johnny Gaudreau’s spouse, Meredith Gaudreau, welcomed the couple’s third child seven months after his premature loss of life.
“I had our third child!” Meredith shared through Instagram on Monday, April 7, one week after giving start. “One other child boy 🥹💙. Carter Michael Gaudreau — similar center title as his daddy. 8lb 3 ounces, 20.5 inches — very same as his daddy. He appears precisely like his daddy too 🥰.”
She added, “I really like you a lot my child! We’re going to have a lot enjoyable. I can’t wait to provide the greatest life, my particular boy ceaselessly.”
Johnny — who performed within the Nationwide Hockey League for 11 seasons — and his youthful brother, Matthew Gaudreau, had been killed in August 2024 once they had been struck by a suspected drunk driver whereas biking close to their New Jersey hometown. Johnny was 31, and Matthew was 29.
Meredith introduced throughout a memorial service for the brothers that she was pregnant together with her and Johnny’s third child. (The couple, who married in September 2021, beforehand welcomed daughter Noa in September 2022 and son Johnny in February 2024.)
“We’re really a household of 5,” Meredith stated throughout a eulogy for Johnny. “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.”
She continued, “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 automotive. After the preliminary pleasure sank in, each time he checked out me, he would say, ‘You’re nuts, you already know that? Three children?’”
Courtesy of Meredith Gaudreau/Instagram Johnny Gaudreau and his spouse, Meredith Gaudreau, had been married for 3 years earlier than his premature loss of life. Meredith was Johnny’s No. 1 fan on the ice as he performed for the Columbus Blue Jackets. “Final recreation of the season tonight 🥲. Love our man a lot 💙❤️ ,” she wrote through Instagram […]
Regardless of her heartbreak over his loss of life, Meredith mirrored on rising her and Johnny’s household with gratitude. “Noa, our oldest, hasn’t even turned two but,” she stated. “In lower than three years of marriage, we’ve created a household of 5. 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 troublesome circumstances.”
Courtesy of Meredith Gaudreau/Instagram Though Johnny Gaudreau liked the sport of hockey, his household all the time got here first. Off the ice, the NHL participant loved spending high quality time together with his spouse, Meredith, and their two kids, Noa and Johnny. Tragedy struck the Gaudreau household, nevertheless, when Johnny and his youthful brother, Matthew Gaudreau, had been killed whereas […]
She added, “To my infants, Daddy loves you all a lot and you’ve got the most effective daddy on the earth.”
Days after Johnny’s loss of life, Meredith broke her silence on the tragedy. “Thanks for the most effective years of my life,” she wrote through Instagram in August 2024. “Regardless of dropping you, I’m nonetheless the luckiest lady on the earth to have been yours. I really like you so a lot. You had been excellent. Some days it felt too good to be true. I really like each single factor about you. You might be my ceaselessly and I can’t wait to be with you once more. I really like you a lot ceaselessly and ever.”
In a follow-up submit, Meredith applauded Johnny’s abilities as a father. “The best possible dad on the earth. So caring and loving. The perfect associate to undergo parenthood with,” she gushed. “John by no means missed a single appointment. Was the most effective at placing the child to sleep and the apple of Noa’s eye. I really like how a lot she appears like him. We’re going to make you proud. We love you so so a lot Daddy.”
The New Jersey man accused of killing NHL participant Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew Gaudreau, faces extra expenses after the deadly August 2024 accident. Sean M. Higgins faces a slew of prison expenses, together with aggravated manslaughter, introduced by a grand jury on Wednesday, December 10, The Columbus Dispatch reported. Higgins, 44, is already dealing with […]
Meredith additionally promised to assist her sister-in-law Madeline Gaudreau, who was pregnant together with her and Matthew’s first child, son Tripp, on the time of the siblings’ deaths.
“Matty, thanks for loving our infants like your personal and for being such an incredible uncle and godfather. I can’t wait to return the distinction once I turn into Tripp’s aunt,” she wrote through Instagram in August 2024. “Please proceed to handle John such as you all the time have. I obtained Madeline and Tripp 🤍 We love you very a lot.”
