November 2004
Barack and Michelle still have time for a cuddle with <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/06/malia-obama-sasha-obama-democratic-convention-dresses_n_1863415.html">Sasha and Malia</a> while waiting for the 2004 U.S. Senate results in a Chicago hotel room. At the 2012 Democratic National Convention Michelle said: "Barack and I were both raised by families who didn’t have much in the way of money or material possessions but who had given us something far more valuable -- their unconditional love, their unflinching sacrifice, and the chance to go places they had never imagined for themselves."
August 2007
Barack and Michelle look like teenagers in love as they tour the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa. On their <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/16/obamas-first-kiss-marked-_n_1789692.html">first date in 1989</a> they ate ice cream outside a Baskin Robbins in Chicago. Barack asked Michelle if he could kiss her for the first time, and adorably she said yes.
December 2007
Oprah Winfrey reacts to a hug between Barack and Michelle during a campaign event in Columbia, South Carolina. When <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/08/the-oprah-effect-one-mill_n_117685.html">Oprah </a>watched Obama deliver his famed 2004 Democratic Convention speech, she recounted thinking, "This is something above and beyond politics."
January 2008
Barack, still a presidential hopeful, is hugged by Michelle before his speech at a primary night rally in the gymnasium at the Nashua South High School in New Hampshire.
April 2008
Barack cracks a joke backstage before attending a rally at University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. While speaking on <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/25/obama-michelle-barack-the-view-2012-interview-marriage-anniversary_n_1913441.html">The View</a> on September 25th 2012, Michelle said about Barack "He's funny. I'm funnier. But we understand that!"
May 2008
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama and his wife Michelle thank supporters after he spoke at a primary night rally at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. At a fundraiser at Gwen Stefani’s house in August of 2012 Michelle admitted her husband is <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/13/gwen-stefani-michelle-obama-fundraiser-not-spiderman_n_1772046.html">not a Marvel Comics character</a> and said: “Barack can’t do it alone. He’s not Spider-Man. He’s not a superhero. He’s a human, so we need your help.”
October 2008
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama hugs his wife Michelle Obama during a campaign rally in Miami, Florida. Obama has said he will suspend his campaign beginning October 23 through October 26 to visit his ailing grandmother in Hawaii.
November 2008
U.S. President elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle wave to their supporters after Obama gave his victory speech during an election night gathering in Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois. Obama defeated Republican nominee Sen. John McCain by a wide margin in the election to become the first African-American U.S. President elect.
January 2009
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama dance at the Southern Inaugural Ball on January 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Obama will be attending 10 Inaugural Balls. That's 10 slow dances and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/18/michelle-obamas-inaugurat_n_158916.html">a lot of outfits</a>.
July 2009
US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/24/obama-pope-to-meet-in-ita_n_220061.html">meet with Pope Benedict XVI</a> in his library at the Vatican in Vatican City, Vatican. Obama was meeting with The Pope for the first time as President following the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy.
May 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama whispers into First Lady Michelle Obama's ear during the White House<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/04/cinco-de-mayo-michelle-ob_n_195866.html"> Cinco de Mayo celebration</a> in Washington, DC.
July 2009
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama watch the fireworks over the National Mall from the White House on July 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. This was their <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/04/obamas-july-4th-message_n_225675.html">first 4th of July</a> at the White House.
October 2010
U.S. President Barack Obama hugs his wife Michelle at a rally at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The rally of <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/18/obama-stumps-to-estimated_n_766202.html">approximately 35,000 </a>comprised the largest crowd that Obama has addressed since his inauguration.
November 2010
U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama talk with the children of workers who carried out renovation works at Humayun's Tomb during their visit in New Delhi. When visiting India Michelle gained the title <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/06/michelle-obama-in-india-s_n_779972.html">"Dancing Queen"</a> and gave some words of wisdom: "I never even imagined being the first lady of the United States. But because I had an education, when the time came to do this, I was ready."
April 2011
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama read 'Chicka Chicka Boom Boom' to children during the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/25/obamas-easter-egg-roll_n_853351.html#s268987">White House Easter Egg Roll </a>on the South Lawn of the White House on April 25, 2011 in Washington, DC.
May 2011
U.S. President Barack Obama, Queen Elizabeth II and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive at Winfield House, the residence of the Ambassador of the United States of America, in Regent's Park, on May 25, 2011 in London, England. They had a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/02/michelle-obama-hugs-queen_n_182237.html">special moment.</a>
November 2011
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are saluted as they make their way to their seats before the game between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Michigan State Spartans during the Quicken Loans Carrier Classic on board the USS Carl Vinson on November 11, 2011 in Coronado, California.
March 2012
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wait for the arrival of British Prime Minister David Cameron during an official arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC.
July 2012
Barack Obama kisses First Lady Michelle Obama for <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/17/obamas-kiss-cam-michelle-barack-malia-obama_n_1678790.html">the 'Kiss Cam' </a>while Vice President Joe Biden and Malia Obama look up at the jumbotron, during the U.S. Men's Olympic basketball team's game against Brazil at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. This was the second time they were on the "Kiss Cam" during the night. The President received boos from the crowd the first time when he just put his arm around the first lady and smiled.
September 2012
First lady Michelle Obama greets her husband President Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. In her inspiring and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/michelle-obama-speech-_n_1857225.html">show stealing speech</a> Michelle spoke of her husband as the "guy who'd picked me up for our dates in a car that was so rusted out, I could actually see the pavement going by through a hole in the passenger-side door." And that "These issues aren't political" for him. "They're personal."
Barack and Michelle Obama Discuss Their First Date
Barack and Michelle Obama have released a video of them talking about their first date.
Posted: 10/03/2012 12:38 pm Updated: 10/03/2012 6:14 pm