January 20: Just three weeks into the new year, newly inaugurated President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wave to the crowds. Its been quite the whirlwind for Obama and the rest of the First Family since then as they’ve traveled the world, tried new things, and still left some time for the President to run the country. In the spirit of year-end lists we’ve rounded up some of our favorite pictures from 2009, as we eagerly await seeing what crazy shenanigans those Obamas will get themselves into in 2010…
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February 1: The commercials are the best part! The President and First Lady don 3-D glasses while watching a TV commercial during Super Bowl 43 in the viewing room of the White House.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
March 15: First Dog Bo Obama runs with the President upon his first visit to the White House.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
April 2: Party on, Silvio! President Obama, Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi and President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev pose together for a photo op at the G-20 summit in London.
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April 7: Obama fist bumps a U.S. soldier during a visit to Camp Victory in Iraq.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
April 13: The Obama family (and the First Easter Bunny) waves from the South Portico of the White House to guests attending the White House Easter Egg Roll.
Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson
April 24: Vice President Joe Biden putts with the President on the White House putting green. Don’t you guys have work to do?
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
May 5: No, you’re prettier! Biden and Obama lunch together at Ray’s Hell Burger in Arlington, VA.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
May 8: The son of a White House staffer mistakes Barack Obama for First Dog Bo Obama and pats his head in the Oval Office.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
May 9: Speechwriter-cum-pirate Cody Keenan sits for a summit with the President. The photo was used during White House Correspondents Association dinner, where Obama joked: “But as I said during the campaign, we can’t just talk to our friends. As hard as it is, we also have to talk to our enemies, and I’ve begun to do exactly that.”
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
May 30: The First Couple headed to New York City for a date. The evening fulfilled a promise made by the President on the campaign trail. (“I am taking my wife to New York City because I promised her during the campaign that I would take her to a Broadway show after it was all finished,” Obama explained.) The date consisted of dinner at Blue Hill and the Broadway show Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.
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June 4: “They’re digging in the wrong place!” During a trip to Egypt, the President tests out his new Indiana Jones-style hat before a tour of the Pyramids and Sphinx.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
June 6: Sasha Obama lights a candle at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, as the rest of her family looks on.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
June 25: The President eagerly awaits his turn to dunk White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs during the Congressional Luau on the South Lawn of the White House.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
July 4: The First Couple watches the fireworks over the National Mall from the White House on Independence Day.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
July 30: President Obama, Vice President Biden, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates and Sergeant James Crowley share a drink at July’s Beer Summit in the Rose Garden of the White House.
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August 10: But when can we drink it? In Guadalajara, Mexico for the North American Leader’s Summit, President Barack Obama, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, and Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon, right, observe the making of tequila at the Cabanas Cultural Center.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
August 16: President Barack Obama enjoys a view of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
September 16: President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host an event in support of Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics on the South Lawn of the White House. Here, Obama playfully spars with 2008 silver medalist Tim Morehouse…with a lightsaber?
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October 7: They’re out there. President Barack Obama checks for UFOs during the Astronomy Night event on the South Lawn of the White House.
Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy
October 8: President Barack Obama takes a shot during a game with Cabinet secretaries and members of Congress on the White House basketball court.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
October 21: First Lady Michelle Obama hula hoops with children during the Healthy Kids Fair on the South Lawn of the White House.
Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton
October 28: New York Yankees Captain Derek Jeter greets Dr. Jill Biden and First Lady Michelle Obama on the pitcher’s mound at Yankee Stadium during Game One of the World Series. Joining them on the mound were Yankees legend Yogi Berra and Iraq war veteran, retired Army Capt. Tony Odierno. The Yankees went on to win the World Series.
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October 31: The Obamas open up the White House to 2,000 school children for Halloween. Here, Michelle Obama — dressed as a cat — and President Obama — dressed as President Obama — greet the trick-or-treaters.
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Novemeber 19: President Obama shows off his Taekwondo skills as South Korean President Lee Myung-bak looks on. The President was given an honorary Taekwondo belt by the South Korean government to mark his first visit to the country. Obama visited South Korea as part of an eight-day trip to Asia.
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December 1: President Barack Obama and his BFFs, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden, and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, make their way to the Eisenhower Executive Office.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
December 4: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet Edith Childs, from Greenwood, S.C., in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House during a holiday party. Childs was the source of the campaign slogan “fired up, ready to go.”
Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson
December 21: The Boys & Girls Club in Washington, D.C. hosts a special guest. President Obama reads “The Polar Express,” shares a few Christmas cookies and buries himself in a group photo session.
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