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Better Than I Even Imagined

By Michelle Tauber

Originally posted Thursday April 12, 2007 12:00 PM EDT

Photo by: REGINE MAHAUX / EXCLUSIVE BY GETTY

As for the girls' names, Savannah "came to me in this premonition," she says. "A long time ago, I had this kind of spiritual experience, that I will have this child and her name will be Savannah," she recalls. "Then when Tom and I didn't even know we were having girls, he wrote me an e-mail and said, 'I just heard a name I like: Savannah.' I had the complete chills." For the name Eden, "I was getting a massage and it came to me," she says. Already, the girls' personalities are starting to emerge. During the pregnancy, "Savannah kicked all the time, and Eden was really quiet, which made me so nervous," says Cross. "Now Eden's the feisty one and Savannah's more Zen." Whom do they resemble? "At first I was like, 'Savannah is Tom!' And Eden looks a little bit like him now too," she says. Mostly, though, "they're these two brand-new beings, and every day it's like, 'Who are you?' "

It's a question she has also been asking herself since the babies' arrival. Before becoming a mom, "I felt like I couldn't really go after movies and further my career. I needed to have my family first," says Cross. "I mean, I could win an Oscar, but who cares if I don't have my family? I still want to work and be creative. Anything I do is that much richer now."

Looking ahead, she doesn't rule out more kids. "I'm probably done," she says. "But I certainly can see why people keep going." Before long, Cross will celebrate two major events: her first Mother's Day and her first wedding anniversary. But she's also savoring the smallest of moments. "I love when you get them out of the crib and you open the blanket and they're like little flowers – they're warm and they smell so good," she says. "People say, 'Oh wait, it gets better and better!' But I'm in no rush. I'm in heaven right now."