Cameron DiazandBenji Maddenjust welcomed their first child, daughterRaddix, in late December — but as a Madden source tells PEOPLE exclusively in this week’s issue, they have been “focused on having a family” since they wed five years ago.
That focus sincetheir January 2015 wedding, the insider adds, has seen the pair “getting healthy, lowering stress levels and doing everything to be positive.”
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The experience of becoming parents has been “very emotional for” Diaz and Madden, who successfully flew under the radar with the news that they were expecting.
“Their close friends are extremely loyal, so it’s not strange that theywere able to keep it quiet,” the Madden source tells PEOPLE.
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Although Diaz previously said during a 2014 interview withEsquirethat she “was never drawn to being a mother,” that changed once she met Madden.
“It took some maturing, growth, introspection and learning to find the right kind of guy before Cameron took any kind of steady relationship seriously,” a film source says now. “Not only in the dating department but even more importantly inbringing a child into her daily life.”
For more about Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden’s new life as parents, pick up the latest issue ofPEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
source: people.com
