Happy Birthday Mrs. O
Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 11:41 AM 
Image by Yuri Gripas / Reuters
Today marks the 46th birthday of First Lady Mrs. O. Mrs. O has been treated with a few celebrations over the past few days, first with White House staffers on Friday, and last evening, with the president and a group of Chicago friends. Last evening the group spent more than four hours at Nora in Washington, D.C.. Lynn Sweet has the full scoop, here. Mrs. O chose a black dress for the fete, topped by a black coat embellished with gold lattice detailing.
Update: A gold star for reader Kathryn, who reports that Mrs. O's coat is Narciso Rodriguez, as seen here.
Below, White House staff closed the week by honoring the First Lady's birthday on Friday. The first lady wore a watercolor print, ruffled blouse for the occasion.
White House Photo by Samantha Appleton
Narciso Rodriguez
Reader Comments (61)
Happy Birthday Mrs. Obama
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR BEAUTIFUL 1ST LADY, MRS. O!
FROM HOLLAND THE BEST WISHES #######HAPPY BIRTHDAY#############
Anneke Dieudonné
We love you Michelle, Happy B-day, have a good one! From me & mine to you & yours..Love the hair!
Happy Birthday to the First Lady. That restaurant menu has got me salivating.
Happy Birthday Mrs. Obama!!! Have a wonderful day.
Happiest Birthday Mrs Obama and many many more|
Happy birthday to an all-round fantastic First Lady.
Michelle, you're my heroine. You're who I wanna be when I grow up.
One of these days, I'd love to get one of those famous "first hugs." :)
Happy Birthday Mrs. O. We love and admire you.
Happy Birthday Mrs.O!!!
Happy Birthday Mrs. O!!
Also, omg, I love the print on that shirt. And the detailing on that coat! Designers?
Wow a true Capricorn! No wonder she is so strong!
I wonder if Mrs. O is aware of this site, I hopw she is!
Mrs. T, do you if she is?
The Birthday Girl!
Happy.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my FAVORITE FIRST LADY EVER, MICHELLE OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday...To the PRETTIEST First Lady ever...♥ u Michelle !!!!
And best wishes for many, many more, Mrs. O.!
Happy B-day Mrs.O, we love you and keep making our country proud!
We had dinner at Nora last month in the same room where the Os and their friends ate. Nora is a wonderful restaurant that has been a leader in the Washington food scene for years. I'm sure it was a lovely meal.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MRS. OBAMA. YOU HAVE REDEFINED THE ROLE OF FIRST LADY.
SO HAPPY THAT YOU PRACTISE WHAT YOU PREACH .....EATING AT AN ORGANIC RESTAURANT.
LOVE YOU SO MUCH....HOPE YOUR NIGHT EXCEEDED YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ........ALWAYS!
Happy Birthday, Mrs. O!!!! I pray you'll have many, many more. God's blessings to you on this special day....
To the 'Most Gracious, Delightful' First Lady that I've had the priviledge of viewing on this site. I extend...
MANY JOYFUL AND WARM 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY' WISHES!
Somebody on Huff Post posted this link to this Happy Birthday montage. I thought the ladies and gents of Mrs. O would appreciate it as well.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x129834
@ Nyon, thanks so much for the link, that was very nice.
THE BEST IS YET TO COME!
May today be the first day of the rest of your life. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MRS.O!!!
Here's to a wonderful woman who has inspired so many other women in their 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's and beyond...
Cheers!
That was great, Nyon! Thanks!
I loved the photos of Mrs. O with her hula hoop - and that blouse is one of my favorite Mrs. O pieces.
Happy B'Day Mrs. O!
IF ON THE DAY YOU WERE BORN BEGAN WITH A SPECIAL PURPOSE,
IT MUST HAVE BEEN THAT SOMEDAY YOU WOULD BE THE MOST INCREDIBLE
FIRST LADY "I'VE KNOWN".
Your Birthday closes yet another chapter in your life, but the book remains
open, as you start to write so many many wonderful moments.
"Cheerfulness and content are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers
of youthful looks." (Charles Dickens)..........So true, here's to looking at "you" Mrs. Obama.
Nora's seem like such a cozy restaurant for POTUS & FLOTUS to have a
private evening.
Hope yu had a memorable birthday. best
The NY Daily News has given Mrs. O a gift - a beautiful slide show of her various ensembles. Some I haven't seen before. Enjoy!
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/fashion/galleries/michelle_obamas_summer_style/michelle_obamas_summer_style.html
If link doesn't work, go to nydailynews (dot) com. Click to the slide show from the front page.
Happy Birthday Mrs. O
Happy Birthday, Michelle O. I'm so proud of you and all that you do. Denise Billings.
Guess who has written a book about Mrs. O? Robin Givhan
What do you guys think aout this?????????????????
TODAY IS THE 17 HAPPY BRITHDAY MRS O LOVE YOUR DRESS LAST NIGHT AND OF COUSE YOUR HUSBAND LOOKED GOOD AM GLAD THAT YOUR MOTHER WAS THERE TO SHARE THE BIG DAY I HOPE THAT THERE KIDS WAS THERE BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAD HOMWORK TO DO AND THEY DIDNT FINSHED ON TIME TO GO AMSURE THAT THEY HAVE OTHER ONE TODAY WITH THERE KIDS AND CLSED FAMILY AM SURE THAT MR O MADE IT JUST ION TIME TO BE PART OF IT HE WAS AWAY NOW HE IS BACK HOME.
Happy Birthday to the most spectacular FLOTUS to date....we love you unabashedly.
I'm in awe of this coat, the top half is different from the bottom. Good to see a coat with interesting detail, wonder if that's boucle wool or not. She seems to have hit her stride and I enjoy watching her and wondering what she'll wear next. So from one Capricorn to the next, CHEERS TO OUR DEAR MICHELLE.
Oh, by the way, her handsome date was his usual dapper self! We love them!
Thanks, Nyon, for that link to the sweet birthday tribute.
Here's another account of the night. Funny, Washington Post reporter Mary Ann Akers just happened to be eating there, too. And, the first comment is from someone who joined the serenade.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/01/michelle-obamas-surprise-birth.html
Happy Birthday Michelle, God Bless You and Your Family Every Day. My prayers are with you ALWAYS. PS: Barack & Michelle, Your family is gorgeous; How YO:> say, Fabulous! Happy Birthday, Peace.
Nyon, that was a really nice link. Thanks for posting it.
46 years YOUNG today!
Happy Birthday to you. You are my inspiration. God bless you, your family and whatever warms your heart.
Hope you had a splendid birthday Mrs. obama....You are a terrific woman!
A very happy birthday to our fantastic first lady! Many, many more happy years and Gods abundant blessings!
Happy birthday to an incredibly phenomenal woman - we love you! May God continue to abundantly bless and protect you and President Obama. We stand solidly behind you!
Happy Birthday Ms. O --Best of health,so proud of you, May His angels surround you and the President.
What a wonderful surprise Mr. President planned for his first and only 'First Lady' Mrs. Obama! So, SWEET! She thought it was a date night. He planned a SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY for her with family and friends! He's a WONDERFUL, PRECIOUS man in my book!
@Nyon, Thank You!
@lorns, Beautifully written! (Both were) PREDESTINED FOR GREATNES! God is Good!
Happy Birthday FLOTUS!! Did you really use plastic forks to eat your cake?!??!?!
Mrs T - the comments by Lisabeth Rosenberg sure look like thinly veiled advertising to me.
I am proud to have Michelle Obama representing our country. She is a person of integrity and character. As an aside, she continues to look better each month.
Happy Birthday First Lady and a many more to come.
Here's a quick pic of Mrs. O along with Mr. O at a meeting held at the White House about MLK Jr. Day.
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Michelle-Obama/ss/events/pl/050108michelleobama;_ylt=AqReUWf61WOZeLhDeNp8y0VsaMYA#photoViewer=/100118/480/9235551eb50a4d6a90d93d16ccdadcd0
Hopw for better pictures soon. They also volunteered giving out meals in DC today. A few pictures of Mrs. O area long with the link above.
Ms.M - On a personal note. This is ironic. I started making notes of a comment yu made, that is
similiar to situations I had to deal with in my life, and my 90 yr old mentor said to me, "let that go,
they're not on your equal level of thinking". This, saved me so many times.
Love what yu said, "when a person was trying to 'vex my soul' etc. - "I knew that I had to
control.........standards". Just wana say Great lesson to learn in life. I was saving this comment
for another photo.
P.S. I would have written this in the Chat group section top right side of page, but didnt want
you to miss comment.
New images of Mrs. O on www.gettyimages.com... her dress is really nice
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/95855814/AFP