Oh, Babies! (cover story)

ROBERTS, Julia, 1967-; MODER, Danny

This article reports that after a month of bed rest, Julia Roberts gave birth to twins, Phinnaeus and Hazel. In the past month, Julia Roberts has had plenty of time on her hands. Time to flip through magazines. Time to ponder the perfect furnishings to give her nursery a vintage feel. Time to think up interesting baby names--and time simply to ready herself to be a first-time mom. An event that happened sooner than she expected. Roberts, 37, went into early labor on Nov. 28, at 36 weeks pregnant, and returned to the hospital. There, at around 3 a.m., she gave birth via C-section to a boy and a girl weighing just over 5 lbs. each--and carrying rather curious monikers: son Phinnaeus Walter, a little-known name that harkens back to the Old Testament, and daughter Hazel Patricia, whose name has not been heard of since the days of Mildreds and Gladyses. Naturally. After the telltale tightening of her waistline last spring hinted that her long-held dream of motherhood was about to come true, Roberts had only one truly tough pregnant moment. Driving away from the doctor who informed her she was having twins, she told Oprah Winfrey, "I panicked in the car." After that she never looked back--or even threw up. No morning sickness. No swollen ankles. As she told USA Today, "I come from hardy stock." Indeed, until she was put on bed rest, pregnancy did not get in the way of her daily life with Danny Moder, 35, a cameraman whom she met on the set of "The Mexican" in 2000 and married in 2002. INSETS: NAME-DROPPING;TWIN TRIVIA.