Month by month: Michelle Obama's first year in the White House

20 January 2009: Barack and Michelle Obama at the president's inaugural parade in Washington on Photograph: Ron Sachs Photograph: guardian.co.uk 27 February 2009: The official White House portrait of Michelle Obama Photograph: Joyce N. Boghosian/The White House Photograph: Joyce N. Boghosian/guardian.co.uk March 2009: Michelle Obama on the cover of US Vogue Photograph: Public Domain Photograph: guardian.co.uk April 2009: With Oprah Winfrey on the cover of O magazine Photograph: AP Photograph: guardian.co.uk May 5 2009: Michelle Obama makes opening remarks at the Time 100 Gala, a celebration of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world Photograph: Evan Agostini Photograph: guardian.co.uk 16 June 2009: Michelle Obama harvests the White House garden with students from Bancroft elementary school, Washington Photograph: Rex Features/Sipa Press Photograph: Rex Features/guardian.co.uk 7 July 2009: Michelle Obama visits the Sisters of Mercy St Dmitry nursing college in Moscow Photograph: Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Dmitry Kostyukov/guardian.co.uk 23 August 2009: The Obamas disembark from Air Force One on Martha's Vineyard for a week-long vacation Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP Photograph: Jewel Samad/guardian.co.uk 30 September 2009: Michelle Obama speaks in Copenhagen at a dinner supporting Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP Photograph: Charles Dharapak/guardian.co.uk 31 October 2009: The Obamas greet trick or treaters at the North Portico of the White House for Halloween Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP Photograph: Jewel Samad/guardian.co.uk 24 November 2009: The Obamas welcome India's prime minister, Manmohan Singh, and his wife, Gursharan Kaur, to a state dinner at the White House Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP Photograph: Charles Dharapak/guardian.co.uk 3 December 2009: Michelle Obama reads Twas the Night Before Christmas to children at the lighting of the White House Christmas tree Photograph: Jonathan Ernst Photograph: guardian.co.uk 21 January 2010: Michelle Obama waves after speaking at the commerce department in Washington Photograph: Cliff Owen/AP Photograph: Cliff Owen/guardian.co.uk