Now that I think even more about it, given that Anakin hadn't seen Padme for about 9 months leading up to the movie, how'd he pick up R2 in the first place?
I gotta file this stuff at IMDB.
EDIT:
They DO share screen time ... at the birth of the twins. Yoda, Obi-Wan, Bail, R2 and C-3PO are ALL in that corridor when the twins are born. I rest my case.