by Chi Ibe

Just the kind of news you’d like to hear for Christmas. Owen and Emmett Ezell, in America’s Texas were born cojoined in July – from the chest to the belly button, with shared intestines and liver.

But after successful surgery in August, the pair were able to spend their first Christmas in the world as two separate people – and parents David and Jenni would never have missed the celebration regardless, the Daily Mail reports.

Dressing the boys up in adorable Santa suits, the couple shared from the Medical City Children’s Hospital in Dallas, Texas, on their blog, while speaking of their excitement for Christmas 2014.

Their sons are due for another bout of surgery early next year and, if successful, could be home by summer.

Next Christmas is going to be bedlam,’ David Ezell told NBC News with a smile.

‘It’s going to be madness with all those little ones running around. It’s going to be great though. Bedlam in a good way.’

Owen is currently 16 lbs., while Emmett is 15 lbs.

Medical City Children’s Hospital says the boys are alert, smiling and interacting with their family and Medical City staff.

‘We’re getting these rumblings that the boys are getting better and it’s not long before we get to bring them home and you know, it’s all worth it,’ David said.

‘At this point we’re as glad as we can be to have gone through it because now we’re here.’

These comments are at complete odds with the situation they were in back in March, after finding out while pregnant their twins shared vital organs only had a five per cent chance of living a healthy life if separated.

The heartbroken parents considered a termination.

We wanted to save them from the pain and hurt that they would feel,’ Mr Ezell said at the time.

However the couple soon had a change of heart after a doctor convinced them that their boys, who shared a liver and intestines, had a fighting chance.

A specialist at Medical City Dallas renewed their faith, telling them: ‘These boys have a really good chance. This is not your only option.’

Mrs Ezell gave birth to conjoined boys Emmett and Owen on July 15. Doctors advised that separation surgery was possible but risky – out of eight similar operations, only once did both twins survive.

The couple, who have two other sons, moved to Dallas for the boys’ medical care and were able to say goodbye before the boys were taken into surgery.

‘As a mother, I hope I never have to experience a moment like that again,’ Mrs Ezell wrote in her ‘Ezell Twins’ blog.

On August 24, an 11-hour operation successfully separated the boys. At a news conference following the surgery, Mrs Ezell said: ‘I have two babies … two separate babies!’

Her husband added: ‘A couple of pretty good looking babies, I’d say.’

Owen and Emmett,  have remained at Medical City Children’s Hospital in Dallas since they were born and will do so for several more months.

They will need further surgeries in the future; after they are two, the boys will require ‘skin expanders’ for their wounds.

Another operation will require surgeons to pull abdominal muscles into place, which should leave them with only a neat line of a scar.

After this, if the parents wish, they can opt for the boys to have a third surgery to create a belly button for each of them.