[h=1]'Looking forward to the memories we'll make in our new home!': Melania and Barron move into the White House as the Trumps welcome First Lady's parents in time for Donald's 71st birthday[/h]
President Trump, his wife, Melania, and their 11-year-old son, Barron, were spotted arriving in DC on Sunday
Melania and Barron finally joined the president in the White House ahead of his 71st birthday on Wednesday
The trio were seen getting off Air Force One after spending the weekend in Bedminster, New Jersey
Melania's parents, Viktor and Amalija Knavs, who now both live in US, also joined the Trumps at White House
The Knavs are also expected to become more familiar faces around White House as they help care for Barron
After spending a weekend golfing in New Jersey, the first family arrived back in Washington, DC, with Melania Trump's parents in tow as the First Lady and her 11-year-old son settle down in the White House full-time - and just in time for the president's birthday. Melania and Donald Trump's son, Barron Trump, finally joined the president at the White House ahead of his 71st birthday on Wednesday. The trio were seen arriving at Andrews Air Force base in Maryland on Sunday before landing in DC and walking across the South Lawn to the White House once they stepped off Marine One. Barron was seen wearing a t-shirt with, 'The Expert' written on it as his mom and dad held hands. Melania's parents, Viktor and Amalija Knavs, who now both live in the US but return to their home country of Slovenia every year, also joined the Trumps as they walked toward the White House.
After spending a weekend golfing in New Jersey, the first family arrived back in Washington, DC, with Melania Trump's parents in tow as the First Lady and her 11-year-old son prepare to settle down in the White House full-time - and just in time for the president's birthday. The Trumps are seen stepping off Air Force One on Sunday
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Melania and Donald Trump's son, Barron Trump, finally joined the president at the White House ahead of his 71st birthday
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The trio were seen arriving at Andrews Air Force base in Maryland on Sunday before landing in DC and walking across the South Lawn to the White House once they stepped off Marine One (pictured)
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Barron was seen wearing a t-shirt with, 'The Expert' written on it as his mom and dad held hands
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It was reported last week that the first lady and Barron were scheduled to move into the White House on June 14, the president's birthday, an occasion he's been known in the past to celebrate lavishly. But around 8pm on Sunday, the first lady tweeted: 'Looking forward to the memories we'll make in our new home! #Movingday'
Melania tweeted this photo on Sunday evening after arriving at The White House
The Knavs are also expected to become more familiar faces around the White House as they help care for Barron, but the couple doesn't plan to relocate full time to DC. Barron's Slovenian grandparents currently live with their daughter and grandson in the Trump Tower penthouse. They also spend most weekends with the Trumps at Mar-a-Lago, or at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. It was reported last week that the first lady and Barron were scheduled to move into the White House on June 14, the president's birthday, an occasion he's been known in the past to celebrate lavishly. But around 8pm on Sunday, the first lady tweeted: 'Looking forward to the memories we'll make in our new home! #Movingday.' And shortly after, her communications director, Stephanie Grisham confirmed the move-in with a tweet. 'It's official! @FLOTUS & Barron have made the move to DC! #WelcomeHome,' Melania's communications director, tweeted Sunday night.
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Melania's communications director, Stephanie Grisham confirmed the move-in with a tweet Sunday night. 'It's official! @FLOTUS & Barron have made the move to DC! #WelcomeHome'
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Melania's parents, Viktor and Amalija Knavs (pictured), who now both live in the US but return to their home country of Slovenia every year, also joined the Trumps as they walked toward the White House
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The Knavs are also expected to become more familiar figures around the White House, helping care for Barron, though they don’t plan to relocate full time to Washington. The pair currently live with their daughter and grandson in the Trump Tower penthouse and spend most weekends with the Trumps at Mar-a-Lago, or at the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey
Melania and Barron have spent the first five months of Trump's presidency living in Manhattan's Trump Tower, while Barron finished out the school year in New York. The long anticipated arrival of Melania, who is described as 'extremely protective' of her husband in a recent Politico report, has White House watchers speculating that she could bring a measure of calm to a presidency convulsed by early controversies. Melania's move comes amid the seemingly endless barrage of self-inflicted wounds, damaging Russia-related news leaks, vicious White House infighting and other turmoil that have hobbled and distracted the Trump presidency since it set up shop in the executive mansion on January 20. For Melania, the move brings a sometimes reclusive first lady directly into the round-the-clock spotlight that is life at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Melania has mostly kept a low profile since her real estate mogul husband became president. Her biggest public outing came last month when she and Trump visited the Middle East and Europe on a trip that the White House later praised as a resounding success for the political and diplomatic neophyte president.
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First Lady Melania and her son Barron are reportedly moving into the White House on Wednesday, which will be the president's 71st birthday
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Melania and Barron have spent the first five months of Trump's presidency living in Manhattan's Trump Tower, while the boy finished out the school year in New York
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'I need your help to make it a birthday my husband will never forget,' Melania Trump wrote in an email to supporters on Thursday, urging 'loyal' friends to sign a birthday card
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Trump, seen at his James Bond-themed 60th birthday party in Atlantic City, New Jersey, has been known to celebrate his birthday in lavish fashion
Normally, when a new US president takes over, his family is an automatic component of the transition. Michelle Obama and the then young presidential daughters Malia and Sasha were instantly, albeit discreetly in the case of the girls, a part of the new US presidential hearth. But Melania is the first First Lady in modern history to delay her arrival in Washington after an election win. And Barron will be the first boy to live in the White House since 1963, when John F Kennedy Jr was three years old. During the week at least, Trump has been living alone in the vast, private quarters of the White House as he fends off the flood of reporting over Russia having allegedly meddled in the 2016 US election with the aim of helping him defeat Hillary Clinton. His family's arrival is not going to change much other than to give his marriage an air of stability, Katherine Jellison, a history professor at Ohio University who specializes in first lady studies, told Politico. 'The move helps to give the impression that the president is currently in a stable, solid marriage and that his home life is under control,' she said.
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A giant cake is seen for one of Donald Trump's past birthday celebrations at the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City. The casino shuttered in October of last year
Last week, Melania urged 'loyal' friends to sign a birthday card for her husband.
'I need your help to make it a birthday my husband will never forget,' Melania Trump wrote in an email to supporters on Thursday.
'You have certainly proven yourself to be a loyal friend of my husband through your support of his positive vision to Make America Great Again and your unwavering commitment to the Republican Party,' the first lady's email added.
But plans for the president's birthday celebration remain thus far under wraps, though Donald Trump has in the past commemorated the occasion in lavish fashion.
In 1988, for his 42nd birthday bash, a 15-foot spaceship zoomed from the stage of one of Trump's former casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey amid flashing lasers, followed by a dance routine of Michael Jackson's 'Bad' re-written to honor Trump and a birthday telegram from then-President Ronald Reagan, the Washington Post reported.
For his 60th birthday at the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, Trump went with a James Bond theme, complete with 'Bond girls' in skimpy bikinis.
