Clearly, with the "new and improved" up top, you must know that there are big changes afoot.

I started this blog in a meager attempt to document my life through the food I love, the food I cook, the food I eat.

A couple of recipes, and two, yes, TWO false starts into the mix, I now really have something to say.

Oh yeah, Ney, we've heard all this before...

Don't scoff. Here I am to share the brilliant news that Jeremy and I are expecting a baby in Late February, 2008!

We're beyond excited (we went straight ahead to ridiculously nervous!) and our families are elated about the new addition to the family. Our kid will be the first grandchild for both sets of our parental units, so you can just imagine the spoilage on the way from those fronts.

Now, being me, this is going to have a food angle. And if you haven't figured it out, you deserve to have something hurled in your general direction, blueberries or grapes or pistachios or whatnot.

I have had wonky food cravings off and on nearly all my life. They're a part of our monthly girly-cycle, it's a part of coping with stress and difficult times, and it's a part of pregnancy. And thus far, the belly has been pretty amusing in it's sly, sly manner of nudging my tastes in this direction or the other.

We are at 7 weeks, according to our ob-gyn. We got nervous right around the 3 week marker, and just this Tuesday went in for formal confirmation, first ultrasound, all tha jazz. As Jeremy will agree, there is precious little in this world more stunning and exciting as seeing your baby's heart beating for the first time. Little thing even got wiggly and waved the developing limbs around. Amazing.


Considering the foods I've had my heart (and mouth) set on in the last couple of months (starting early june, i suppose...) I'vea strong suspicion that as the next months proceed, and the belly gets bigger, the cravings will get more and more amusing.

And I intend to write about them as much as as I can.

I can start off with this nugget: I should have known something was up when all I wanted to drink was apple juice. And while it's late, and we have a long day ahead of us tomorrow (going to visit Jeremy's folks at their new home in Foley, AL), this insomnia is gonna give soon, and I can tell you that apple juice is still the top craving thus far.


Welcome to our wild ride.