--- title: Barack Obama Shares Birthday Instagram Message to Michelle description: Barack Obama showed his love and appreciation for his wife, Michelle, with a sweet birthday message addressed to her on his Instagram. canonical: https://time.com/5767294/barack-obama-michelle-birthday/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-01-17T17:03:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:13.404Z og:title: Barack Obama and Michelle Had a Lot of Fun in the Photo Booth for This Birthday Message og:description: "In every scene, you are my star" og:url: https://time.com/5767294/barack-obama-michelle-birthday/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb865ae4a9c602d3a/698a0902db2987b75e264cf3/Barack-Obama-Michelle-birthday-Instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Barack And Michelle Obama Speak At Obama Foundation Summit og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Barack Obama and Michelle Had a Lot of Fun in the Photo Booth for This Birthday Message twitter:description: "In every scene, you are my star" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb865ae4a9c602d3a/698a0902db2987b75e264cf3/Barack-Obama-Michelle-birthday-Instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Barack Obama's Birthday Message for Michelle Is Full of Fun Photo Booth Pictures  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 17, 2020 5:03 PM UTC  CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - OCTOBER 29: Former U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle close the Obama Foundation Summit together on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology on October 29, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. The Summit is an annual event hosted by the Obama Foundation. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - OCTOBER 29: Former U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle close the Obama Foundation Summit together on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology on October 29, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. The Summit is an annual event hosted by the Obama Foundation. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Getty Images—2019 Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 17, 2020 5:03 PM UTC If you’re shivering from the frigid temperatures of mid-January, allow yourself to bask in the warmth and expansive glow of the love expressed by [Barack Obama](https://time.com/5336305/barack-obamas-best-president-survey/) for his wife, Michelle, on her birthday. In a sweet and heartwarming Instagram post on Friday, Barack affirmed his love, admiration, and appreciation for Michelle alongside a set of truly delightful black-and-white photo booth photos. He also shared the post on Twitter “In every scene, you are my star, @michelleobama! he wrote in the caption for the photos. “Happy birthday, baby!” The former President and First Lady became a couple just over three decades ago in 1989, after meeting while working at the same law firm, where Michelle was assigned to be Barack’s mentor since they went to Harvard Law School. The couple tied the knot in 1992 and have been the [ultimate in relationship goals](https://time.com/barack-michelle-obama-love-story-photos/) ever since. In later years, they also welcomed daughters Sasha and Malia. See Barack’s sweet birthday message for Michelle below. > [](https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1218174463046553600) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5767294/barack-obama-michelle-birthday/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5767294/barack-obama-michelle-birthday/"},"headline":"Barack Obama's Birthday Message for Michelle Is Full of Fun Photo Booth Pictures","datePublished":"2020-01-17T17:03:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:13.404Z","description":"Barack Obama showed his love and appreciation for his wife, Michelle, with a sweet birthday message addressed to her on his Instagram.","url":"https://time.com/5767294/barack-obama-michelle-birthday/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","onetime","clickmonsters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb865ae4a9c602d3a/698a0902db2987b75e264cf3/Barack-Obama-Michelle-birthday-Instagram.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/bltb865ae4a9c602d3a/698a0902db2987b75e264cf3/Barack-Obama-Michelle-birthday-Instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Barack And Michelle Obama Speak At Obama Foundation Summit","caption":"Barack And Michelle Obama Speak At Obama Foundation Summit","creditText":"Getty Images—2019 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/5767294/barack-obama-michelle-birthday/","name":"Barack Obama's Birthday Message for Michelle Is Full of Fun Photo Booth Pictures"}}]}] ```