--- title: Barack Obama Surprised Michelle Obama for Her Birthday description: Barack Obama surprised his wife Michelle Obama with a sweet gift on her 54th birthday, reconfirming that they're relationship goals. canonical: https://time.com/5106965/barack-obama-michelle-obama-birthday/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-17T22:14:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:50.305Z og:title: Here's How Barack Obama Surprised Michelle for Her Birthday og:description: Relationship goals og:url: https://time.com/5106965/barack-obama-michelle-obama-birthday/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt37aa713142f4607b/6988f8938fd2ee46ca35a5bd/barack-obama-michelle-obama-birthday.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Former President Obama And First Lady Michelle Host Inaugural Obama Foundation Summit In Chicago og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's How Barack Obama Surprised Michelle for Her Birthday twitter:description: Relationship goals twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt37aa713142f4607b/6988f8938fd2ee46ca35a5bd/barack-obama-michelle-obama-birthday.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Barack Obama Gave Michelle Obama a Romantic Surprise for Her 54th Birthday  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 17, 2018 10:14 PM UTC  CHICAGO, IL - OCTOBER 31: Former first Lady Michelle and former president Barack Obama are introduced at the inaugural Obama Foundation Summit on October 31, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. The two-day event will feature a mix of community leaders politicians and artists exploring creative solutions to common problems, and experiencing art, technology, and music from around the world. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) CHICAGO, IL - OCTOBER 31: Former first Lady Michelle and former president Barack Obama are introduced at the inaugural Obama Foundation Summit on October 31, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. The two-day event will feature a mix of community leaders politicians and artists exploring creative solutions to common problems, and experiencing art, technology, and music from around the world. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Scott Olson—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 17, 2018 10:14 PM UTC [Barack](http://time.com/4616866/barack-obama-administration-look-back-history-achievements/) and [Michelle Obama](http://time.com/4632217/michelle-obama-influential-fashion/)‘s relationship has been [a love story for the ages](http://time.com/barack-michelle-obama-love-story-photos/), something that was only confirmed further by the former president’s romantic surprise for his wife on her birthday. Michelle, who turned 54 on Wednesday, took to her [Instagram](http://time.com/3801406/obamas-photographer-joins-instagram/) to share that Barack had sent a beautiful bouquet of flowers to her office that morning. In the caption for the post, the former first lady only fondly remembered the adventures that the two had shared together, telling her husband that he was “best friend, biggest fan, and getting notes and flowers from you will never get old.” Michelle also used the post to thank the many people who had send her cards and social media salutations, noting that they all reminded her of “how lucky and blessed we are.” See the complete post below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5106965/barack-obama-michelle-obama-birthday/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5106965/barack-obama-michelle-obama-birthday/"},"headline":"Barack Obama Gave Michelle Obama a Romantic Surprise for Her 54th Birthday","datePublished":"2018-01-17T22:14:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:50.305Z","description":"\"Getting notes and flowers from you will never get old.\"","url":"https://time.com/5106965/barack-obama-michelle-obama-birthday/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Barack Obama","celebrities","viral","Michelle Obama","Instagram"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt37aa713142f4607b/6988f8938fd2ee46ca35a5bd/barack-obama-michelle-obama-birthday.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt37aa713142f4607b/6988f8938fd2ee46ca35a5bd/barack-obama-michelle-obama-birthday.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Former President Obama And First Lady Michelle Host Inaugural Obama Foundation Summit In Chicago","caption":"Former President Obama And First Lady Michelle Host Inaugural Obama Foundation Summit In Chicago","creditText":"Scott Olson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5106965/barack-obama-michelle-obama-birthday/","name":"Barack Obama Gave Michelle Obama a Romantic Surprise for Her 54th Birthday"}}]}] ```