All About Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen's Daughter Vivian

Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen’s daughter, Vivian, is quickly growing up!

The former NFL quarterback and his ex-wife welcomed their only daughter in 2012. A few years after her birth, Brady told PEOPLE, “It’s amazing how she’s got me wrapped around her little finger.”

Vivian — a spitting image of her mother — has been in the public eye from a young age, often photographed embracing her dad on the field after football games and Super Bowls.

Now retired, Brady has been able to spend more time with his youngest child and has taken pleasure in the simple things with her, such as horseback riding and adopting cats.

“Man, your kids teach you so much," he shared with PEOPLE in February 2023. "You get to learn through new experiences with them and they're the biggest blessing of my life."

Brady and Bündchen worked hard to instill strong principles in their children, including their son Benjamin and Brady’s son Jack, whom he shares with ex Bridget Moynahan.

“I think, for me, success means that I have raised children who have right values,” the supermodel told PEOPLE in September 2023. “Because then, whenever I'm ready to leave, I know I have left something behind that is beautiful and that is an asset versus something different.”

From her love of horses to her impressive athletic skills, here is everything to know about Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen’s daughter, Vivian.

She was born in 2012

Brady and Bündchen welcomed their daughter Vivian Lake Brady via a home birth in Boston on Dec. 5, 2012.

"We feel so lucky to have been able to experience the miracle of birth once again and are forever grateful for the opportunity to be the parents of another little angel," the former Victoria's Secret model wrote on her Facebook page alongside a photo of her holding the newborn's hand.

Vivian joined her two older brothers, Benjamin and Jack.

"I grew up in a house with three sisters so I think it's great for my boys to have a girl in the house, just to understand a little bit of what makes a woman tick," Brady told ESPN in December 2012 of his siblings. "She's a beautiful little girl."

She is an avid horse rider

From a young age, Brady and Bündchen’s daughter took an interest in the equestrian world, specifically horse jumping.

Speaking with PEOPLE in September 2023, Bündchen revealed that Vivian wants to be a "professional horseback rider" and she is "obsessed" with the sport. So much so that Bündchen bought a horse farm in Florida, where her daughter could ride in privacy.

Vivian's passion hasn't come without difficulty, however. As Bündchen recalled to PEOPLE, when Vivian was 7, she fell off her horse and broke her arm, resulting in a few surgeries.

"I was there watching that whole thing in slow motion, and it was one of the worst days of my life," the model said.

Despite her injury, it wasn't long until Vivian was riding again. "A few months, she's running on the beach. I'm like, 'Hold on!' And then after that, she was like, 'Mom, I want to go back jumping again.' And I'm like, 'Okay.' She overcame that fear that was really real for her," Bündchen said.

Still, she's had to temper expectations along the way. “Now she's already trying to get other horses. She's already like, ‘Mom. They told me I have to have a new horse to jump higher,’ " she recalled. "I'm like, ‘You're 10, calm down. ... I think it's fine where you're jumping right now.’ ”

Brady has also shared some special moments with his daughter through her chosen sport. In October 2023, the retired Super Bowl champ spent the day watching Vivian practice jumps as he cheered her on. "All love all the time for this one," he captioned a still photo of Vivi on her horse.

She turned her dad into a “cat person”

While volunteering with her dad at the Humane Society of Tampa Bay during his last season with the Buccaneers, Vivian “convinced” her dad to give felines a chance and turned him into a “cat person.”

"My daughter and I kind of bonded a lot over cats," Brady told PEOPLE in June 2023.

The pair — who assisted adoptable animals and bottle-fed kittens at the shelter — took home two Siamese mix kittens from the organization in February 2023.

"I think we have a few more additions coming to the family," he said of his daughter’s "persistent" push for more pets.

Less than a year after taking the two kittens in, the three-time MVP introduced the newest addition to their family: a Bengal cat.

“Vivi wins again,” he captioned an image of the third feline on his Instagram Story in September 2023.

She practices yoga and meditation with her mom

Vivian started striking a pose — in yoga that is — from an early age. In 2020, the proud mom shared a split-image post, showing her daughter attempting the sun salutation pose as a toddler and mastering the position several years later.

“My little yoga partner is growing so fast! I love her more than words can express,” Bündchen wrote on Instagram, sharing that the first photo was taken in 2013.

The two have also practiced another relaxation technique: meditation, which has been instrumental in Bündchen’s life, even helping her through her divorce.

“I think if I didn't have all the different tools that I have to support me during these times, it would've been very hard,” she previously told PEOPLE.

“It's like taking a step back and observing it like a movie, the situation happening,” she added. “And even though you feel the emotions, you're not attached to them. It's not attaching to the emotions, it's observing them."

She enjoys playing sports

Vivian appears to have inherited both of her parents’ athleticism. In addition to riding horses and practicing yoga with her mom, she has also been known to hit the slopes, jump off waterfalls and throw a football with her dad.

“I’m trying to get her involved in some things … I’m trying to get her into hockey,” Brady told Good Morning America’s Michael Strahan.

The seven-time Super Bowl champion shared that while Bündchen was not on board with their daughter playing the contact sport, the two agree on one thing: “Whatever they want to do in life, as a parent, we just want our kids happy.”

She recreated her mom’s iconic Vogue shot

At just 8 years old, Vivian followed in her mom’s modeling footsteps by recreating one of her most iconic shots for Vogue.

In 2001, Bündchen posed for the fashion magazine, modeling a white silk dress while lying on a majestic black horse with her hair cascading down its back. Twenty years later, Vivi put her own twist on the shot, showing off her colorful fashion, including a pink top and rainbow rain boots, while posing on her own horse.

“Having a flashback from 20 year ago with my sweet little angel,” Bündchen captioned photos on Instagram comparing the moments.

She travels the world

Over the years, Vivian has seen various corners of the world with her parents. She’s traveled to Europe, Costa Rica, her mom’s hometown of Brazil and even took a trip to Africa for Brady’s 46th birthday.

The decorated athlete shared a highlight reel on social media of his birthday trip, which included a safari excursion with his daughter, where the pair got up close to lions, elephants, zebras and other native animals.

"What an incredible trip to the most amazing continent ... Africa 🖤🖤🖤,” Brady wrote alongside a series of pictures from the trip featuring Benjamin on Instagram. “It was another special reminder that life is TRULY about relationships and memories."

The family frequently travels for vacation and to maintain close ties with loved ones, which can often be a juggling act.

“They have so many friends and cousins all over the place, so keeping them connected ... but also balancing it out with all their activities and making sure that they stay really physically engaged with different things too," he told PEOPLE in June 2023.