Book Review -- Baby Proofing Your Marriage

Amazing Women--

When I first met Stacey Cockrell three years ago (far left) she and her husband came for portraits of her two young children. She was fun, smart and obviously beautiful. But she was still reeling from the effects of her growing family on her career and marriage. We spoke of the challenges of redefining oneself after children change your life forever. I know many, many women have asked the question, “Now what?”

When my little girl was not yet two years old, and I hadn’t envisioned turning my life-long passion for photography into a career, I asked myself this same question. I feel fortunate every day to have found my way, with baby in tow, to this career that fills everyday with creativity, laughter and challenges that keep me hopping!

But back to Stacey. She contacted me a few months ago, told me she’d had her third baby, and that she’d written a book with two long time friends. Talk about hopping! They needed some top-notch promotional images of the three of them. As we worked, they told me how their book came about and why it seems to strike such a chord with young couples struggling with all the changes that come with the arrival of their bundle of joy.

Baby Proofing Your Marriage is a witty and insightful book that needed to be written about the reality of bringing home baby. Stacy, Cathy and Julia have done a wonderful job and saying it like it is. What happens to our love life and why we do battle with our spouse when we used to see eye to eye on almost everything? It includes some great tips on how to stay connected to your lover and best friend through it all . It’s a real page turner and I recommend it to anyone who has young children or is thinking about starting a family. Find out more about this highly successful book, see the authors’ interviewed on the Today Show and NBC news on their website. http://www.babyproofingyourmarriage.com/