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New Celebrity Moms

Originally posted Thursday February 10, 2005 12:00 PM EST

At seven months along, Roberts told Oprah Winfrey her twins were "like little monkeys in an increasingly large barrel." Photo by: GEORGE BURNS / COPY; 2004 HARPO PRODUCTIONS / REUTERS

Recently the new mom, along with her husband and a few friends, ventured out to take a trapeze class in a converted theater near their Taos home, where Roberts and the kids have been spending most of their time. (The Moder clan recently expanded the Taos spread by buying 32 acres from neighbor Donald Rumsfeld, adding to an impressive real estate portfolio that includes homes in Los Angeles, Manhattan and a new place in Malibu under renovation.) Meanwhile Danny, 36, has been dividing his time between the family in New Mexico and a job in Los Angeles, where he's working as a cameraman on the set of the Jennifer Aniston film Friends with Money.

Roberts's mom, Betty Motes, 70, has also visited to lend her grandmotherly support. To the family, Phinnaeus has already come to be known simply as Finn. (His middle name, Walter, comes from Roberts's late father; Hazel's middle name, Patricia, comes from Moder's late mother.) Finn and Hazel have become familiar sights around the Taos town square and the park; one local describes Finn as "a very happy baby who smiles a lot" and Hazel as "a deep thinker and observer." Mom continues to hone her knitting skills, crafting baby-size clothing, and is preparing to return to making movies. The pampered life of a movie star on the set may feel like a holiday in the wake of her current gig with its low pay and no days off. But even before the arrival of Finn and Hazel, she seemed to be maturing into the role. As she told W, "I think that it is safe to say now that I am fully and completely a grown-up."