It’s unusual to celebrate your first day back at work after a summer vacation, but that’s just what the cast and crew of How I Met Your Mother did this week.

They had plenty to celebrate: In addition to Neil Patrick Harris’s third consecutive Emmy nomination for best supporting actor in a comedy, the CBS sitcom nabbed its first nomination in the best comedy category – and stars Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders became mothers over their summer breaks.

Opting for orange juice rather than a champagne toast while backstage her husband Alexis Denisof looked after 4-month-old Satyana, Hannigan told People, “I’m so fortunate that she’s here. We set up a nursery, and daddy and baby are in nursery right now. So I can run off and get to see them when I have scenes off. It’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me! I’m so in love.”

The show’s Emmy nomination isn’t too shabby, either. “It’s so nice that it finally gets recognition,” she says. “Instead of being a little show, we’re finally like, ‘We’re in that club, we get to go to that party!’ ”

Hannigan says she’s narrowed her choice of gowns for the big night to two dresses. “This year, [my goal] is to make sure the boobs stay in. I have boobs now! They’re my new accessory,” she joked. “I want to make sure they stay in, and they stay dry.”

Harris’s Hosting Hitch
Costar Neil Patrick Harris, who is hosting the Emmys for the first time this year, has different things on his mind in preparing for the big night. CBS will air the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. ET

“I’ve thought about it an insane amount,” he says. “I know a lot of things that might happen, but nothing has been locked down.”

Harris says his hosting philosophy is to keep the show moving. “I’ve always been less enthusiastic [about] stand-ups [who] host, because they feel obliged to show how funny they are during the process,” he says. “I think it’s more about keeping things at a tight clip and making sure the audience at home is having a good time.”

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Alyson Hannigan relaxes on her balcony with her dogs. She snacks on a sandwich and waves while her newborn daughter, Satyana Denisof (b. March 24, 2009), rests inside.

It’s a girl – and she shares her birthday with her mom!

How I Met Your Mother star Alyson Hannigan and her husband, actor Alexis Denisof, who kept the gender of their baby a secret during pregnancy, have welcomed a daughter, her rep tells PEOPLE.

The girl is named Satyana Denisof and was born March 24 in Los Angeles, which also happens to be Hannigan’s birthday. “They’re very excited, and mom and baby are doing great,” says the rep.

Hannigan, 35, who first announced she was expecting to PEOPLE last October, craved ginger ale during her pregnancy and revealed she felt absent minded. “I have pregnancy brain, which I never realized was a thing but it is,” she said on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “I sort of feel like a Koala bear where I’m slightly stoned all the time and say the wrong word.”

This is the first child for Hannigan and Denisof, 43, who met on the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer during the 1999-2000 season and were married at the Two Bunch Palms resort near Palm Springs, Calif., in 2003.

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A very pregnant Alyson Hannigan and her husband Alexis Denisof shopping at Whole Foods on Saturday.

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