Serena Williams Shares New Family Photos with Her Two Girls in 2024 Recap: ‘Thanks for All the Memories’
The tennis pro shares her daughters Adira, 16 months, and Olympia, 7, with husband Alexis Ohanian
Serena Williams is looking back on her memories with her family over the last year. In a Reel posted to her Instagram on Thursday, Jan. 2, the tennis pro, 43, shared photos and videos from her 2024, which included a peek at her daughters Olympia, 7, and Adira, 16 months, who she shares with husband Alexis Ohanian, 41.
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In the sections from the summer, Williams can be seen riding a bike with Olympia, later posing with her as the 7-year-old holds her hands up high. Adira can be seen in August, wearing a pink tutu, and later pictured being carried by Ohanian in October. Lastly, the entire family posed together in October, wearing Roman attire. “Thanks for all the memories, 2024 ,” Williams wrote in her caption.
In November, Williams spoke with PEOPLE in conjunction with her new partnership with Lingo, a continuous glucose monitor from Abbott, opening up about her two daughters. “Olympia was a solo child,” Williams said about her older daughter, who was nearly 6 when her sister Adira was born in August 2023. “She was our star. And I am so obsessed with Olympia. Even when I was pregnant, I was like, ‘How do I even love anyone as much as Olympia? It just doesn’t work.’” But she added, “It’s so funny how, I don’t know, just your heart gets bigger. I was just like, my heart just got bigger.”
The mom of two shared that her family dynamic growing up as the youngest of five sisters gives her a unique perspective on navigating the relationship between her two girls. “Olympia is a very hard act to follow, but I tell you what, Adira has followed it and it’s just so crazy,” Williams told PEOPLE. “She’s amazing. I just can’t wait for people to see how amazing she is in her own way. And she’s so special and she’s so tough. She’s just a tough little cookie. And she reminds me a lot of me in that aspect.”
Earlier that month, the tennis icon shared a video on her Instagram of herself and her daughter Adira as they stood together on a tennis court. In the Reel, Adira picked up a tennis ball and looked up at her mom, who pointed to a basket filled with tennis balls and said, “Hey Adira, put it in here!” Adira ran away from her mom, throwing the ball against a fence and walking over to a white bench. “She was just doing it, man,” Williams said in the video. “We turned on the camera, she don’t want to do it.”
“When’s too early? @adiraohanian,” Williams joked in her caption.
