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Serena Williams is throwing her arms up. Any first-time parent can tell you that having a baby will change your life [3], but the 37-year-old mama is epitomizing a huge aspect of first-time motherhood [4] in one simple photo, and it'll make every parent giggle. On Thursday morning, Serena shared a photo on Instagam of the reality of her living room [5], or, what once was her living room and is now a playroom filled with toys and blocks [6]. "Sometimes I have to throw my hands up in the air," she captioned the photo above. "#thismama used to have a living room. Now I just have a play room. When did that happen?"
Well, Serena, it probably happened about a year ago when you gave birth to the ever-adorable Olympia [7]! While Serena has filled our feeds with sweet photos [8] of her and hubby Alexis Ohanian's 1-year-old daughter, she's always giving us parenting realness, and this photo totally captures the beauty of it all. Whether she's opening up about postpartum depression [9], breastfeeding [10], or the struggle of going back to work [11], Serena is constantly keeping it real [12], and we love her for it.
Parents have chimed in on Serena's post in the comments, sharing their own living room to playroom transformations [14]. "Welcome to Motherhood... soon you won't be able to go to the bathroom by yourself, and the list goes on!!! It surely is a blessing tho!!" one mom explained. Another added, "Mine is officially a Lego room." The best comment has to be from the mom who dubbed this photo "the Olympia Effect."
Check out more of Serena's most relatable parenting moments here [15].