Michelle Branch married Patrick Carney in New Orleans on April 20, 2019.

Michelle Department knows she’s expecting when… she’s bought a craving for scones. 

The 38-12 months-old singer/songwriter discovered Sunday on Instagram that she and her spouse, drummer for The Black Keys, Patrick Carney are expecting their second kid alongside one another. 

“You know you are expecting when…” Branch captioned her social media article. “Woke up to a image my close friend Sonya despatched of scones she was feeding on in England and I right away experienced to hop out of bed and make a batch myself. @officerpatrickcarney was my hero (as usual) and went to the marketplace in research of double cream.”

Branch wrote she “could not be more enthusiastic” to “announce little one Carney is coming early 2022!” but extra she’s also nervous.

“Good day, being pregnant soon after miscarriage any person?!” she ongoing, referring to a miscarriage she knowledgeable in December. 

At the time, Department shared on social media a recap of her 2020, composing: “Just when we had been rounding 3rd and heading home (A baseball metaphor?! I know.) 2020 was like, ‘nah, I ain’t completed however.’ December made a decision to really end us off with a bang! No, actually. A bomb went off in downtown Nashville yesterday. And to even more twist a dagger in my coronary heart, I professional my to start with miscarriage.”