Johnny Gaudreau’s Widow Meredith Reveals She’s Pregnant at His Funeral

Meredith Gaudreau Announced That She Is Pregnant John and I had the best six months as a family of four these will forever be the best six months of my life there's specifically one week that I will cherish forever and will be my favorite week of my life out of those six months we're actually a family of five I'm in my ninth week of pregnancy with our third baby a total surprise but again John was beaming and so excited Meredith GD the wife of late NHL star Johnny gdo announced that she is pregnant with their third child during his memorial service on Monday in a heartbreaking eulogy Meredith tearfully revealed that she is 9 weeks long John and I had the best 6 months as a family of four these will forever be the best six months of my life there's specifically one week that I will cherish forever and will be my favorite week of my life out of those six months we're actually a family of five I'm in my ninth week of pregnancy with our third baby a total surprise but again John was beaming and so excited I was so nervous because this was again a total surprise but his reaction was just immediately kissing me and hugging me even though I was driving the car after the initial excitement sank in every time he looked at me he would just say you're nuts you know that three kids Noah our oldest hasn't even turned two yet in less than 3 years of marriage we've created a family of five it doesn't even sound possible but I look at it as the ultimate blessing how lucky am I to be the mother of John's three babies our last one being a blessing and so special despite these difficult Her Heartfelt Tribute to Johnny Gaudreau circumstances the couple already share almost 2-year-old daughter Noah and 7eventh month-old son Johnny Meredith then sent a message to their children to my babies Daddy loves you all so much and you have the best daddy in the world the Columbus Blue Jackets player and his brother Matthew were killed on August 29th the eve of their sister's wedding after an alleged drunk driver crashed into that the brothers were riding their bikes on County Route 551 North in New Jersey and sustained fatal injuries the driver Shan M Higgins was arrested and charge with two counts of death by Auto the New Jersey State Police told axis Hollywood at the time the heartbreaking tragedy shocked the nation with family friends and more sharing tributes to the brothers in her emotional speech during Monday's funeral Meredith shared her love story with John as I said before despite losing my husband way too soon I still feel like the luckiest girl in the world to be his wife and here's why I met John in June of 2018 all his friends around him and his entire family so quiet so kind so generous so cute the second I saw him I can't explain it but I knew I was going to marry the boy next door with the Mohawk we didn't even really talk that night but I just knew and each day after that kept getting better and better better we were next door neighbors in Avalon where our Story begins I would travel back and forth from my night shifts to spend the day with him and he would stayed on the shore overnight by himself waiting for me to get back down if you know John at all you know he doesn't like sleeping anywhere alone so as I got to know this about him I I knew he really liked me and that this was special he was my person and when you know you know it wasn't any more complicated than mat he was and still is my soulmate and I just knew he would be from the second I saw his adorable smile and his eyes that I was so obsessed with she also spoke about him as a Johnny Gaudreau Excited To Be A Dad father and revealed just how excited John was to have their son another year goes by and here comes our second baby just 17 months after Noah John got his boy I've never seen John so surprised in his life he was so proud immediately shedding happy tears and absolutely beaming he kept looking at me and saying I cannot believe you gave me a boy when we were discussing names we were going back and forth with suggestions but all of a sudden John cut me off and said I can't not name my son John if we have a boy so John it was a family name of three generations now that I'm so proud proud to be a part of John would let me to take this time to mention baby Johnny's size he's in the 93rd percentile for his weight which is something Daddy is very proud of a little unit he would always say it's funny though because he looks nothing like John his eyes are blue and his hair is lighter so far pretty straight but I do think baby Johnny has his dad's hands perfect beautiful hands I've always thought let's hope he inherits his dad's hockey hands too John I promise to have baby Johnny on skates soon and to be a dedicated hockey mom that drives any distance to all the tournaments and I'll wake up early for the games even if that means baby Johnny shows up in win the Poo pajamas and sleeps on the bench just like you did pup will Coach him and trip but no pressure baby Johnny mommy and daddy will be proud of you no matter where life takes you but I have a feeling it's taking you straight to holidale to start she then touched upon the brothers John and Matthew's Unbreakable Brotherly Bond and their closeit relationship Maddie John's number one no matter what I'm sorry Kristen and Katie but Maddie is John's favorite his favorite person in the world I've noticed in group pictures John's always hugging Maddie or has his arm around him even at weddings if I couldn't find John I'd just start looking for Matt I have to acknowledge that I feel so bad that so much of this attention has been placed on John when it was both of them but I also want to acknowledge that this attention on John was something Maddie never ever complained about everything was always John and Maddie Maddie was the best the best brother to John he was John's biggest fan and John was his Maddie wanted every everything for John and all John wanted to do was share it with his brother and they did John delayed starting his NHL career to be with Maddie at Boston College and as I said before John was well into his NHL career but chose to come home in the Summers to his twin-sized bed to share a room with Maddie Maddie was the perfect brother I know it couldn't have been easy sharing him but all John ever wanted was Maddie I don't know how to say it but the fact that you were both together now in heaven gives me a little bit of comfort knowing you are of course together I know John would not be able to live a day without his brother he loved him so much and I will miss you Maddie I love you and I really appreciate you sharing your best friend with me and for loving our babies like your own I'm so proud to call you my brother-in-law and I want you to know I will soon be trips favored a because I owe you that for being such a loving Uncle to Noah and baby Honoring Love and Legacy in Grief Johnny I'm sorry Katie and Kristen again but I will be his favorite aunt I want to say to everyone that neither John nor Maddie suffered it makes me feel better knowing whatever silly conversation they were having just picked right back up in heaven in a Flash I can hear their laughs so well in the back of my head and something else that is getting me through is knowing they would not want to see me like this because they are both so sweet and cared so much about other people so I'm trying for them to spread that message and to be more like them Meredith ended her eulogy by again expressing her love for her soulmate John you made me the happiest girl in the world it's really hard for me to wrap this up because I still could go on forever about how much I loved John and how special he was these words still don't won't touch on my love for John but no words ever will John my husband my best friend in my soulmate to Daddy you spent your entire life working hard for your family and making us so proud of you every single day but now it's my turn to make you proud as you watch down on us from heaven and I will do that for you because you deserve that you gave me the ultimate happy life and the least I can do for you now is make you proud as you watch down on us from heaven with Uncle Maddie by your side a huge part of me died but the other part of me will be stronger for our children I promise to be strong for our children and to take care of them and love them double now for you they will know how special their daddy was and they will make you proud they will know how much you love them every single day thank you for giving me the greatest gift of all which is family and your love thank you for being for the best years of my life I'm so grateful for that day I met you and every day after that thank you for choosing me as your wife and for making me a mother thank you for being my best friend I miss you so much and I love you you are my forever and I cannot wait till we're all together again please watch over us me and the kids love you and are so proud to call you ours forever [Music]