The supermodel, who is currently pregnant with her third baby, shares Vivian and son Benjamin with ex Tom Brad

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Gisele Bündchen is celebrating her little girl on her big day!

On Thursday, Dec. 5, the supermodel, 44, shared a series of photos on her Instagram Stories as she honored her daughter Vivian Lake on her 12th birthday. In the first photo, Bündchen sits back to back with Vivian in some sand dunes, posing during a sunset. “Happy birthday my ray of sunshine,” Bündchen wrote on the photo.

The next image showed the mother-daughter duo holding hands while riding horses together. “You are the best daughter a mom could ever ask for and I’m so blessed to be your mama!” the pregnant mom of two wrote.

Lastly, she shared a sweet photo of the two touching foreheads while standing by some palm trees. “Te amo muito!” Bündchen wrote, which translates to “I love you lots.”

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Gisele Bündchen and Vivian.

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Bündchen is currently pregnant with her third baby, her first with boyfriend Joaquim Valente. She shares Vivian and son Benjamin Rein, 14, with ex Tom Brady.

Brady also shared a series of photos on his Instagram as he celebrated Vivian’s birthday. In one photo, Vivian was shown from the side, smiling as she posed near an ocean.

The proud dad also included a photo of the two of them in Paris, France during the Olympics, smiling by the Eiffel Tower. There was also a throwback photo of baby Vivian, as well as pictures from the family’s trip to a tropical island.

“Happy 12th birthday to my forever baby girl. Watching you grow and chase after your dreams are the proudest moments of my life,” Brady sweetly wrote in his caption. “Your love, compassion, and joy fill up every room that you’re in, and will always make your daddy smile. You light up my life!””Here’s to a great day filled with all the laughter and love that you deserve. I love you infinity x infinity!!! ❤️❤️❤️,” he added.

Gisele Bündchen and Vivian.

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In a clip from her March interview with Robin Roberts, Bündchen was asked about how co-parenting her two kids with Brady has been going. Bündchen and the former NFL star divorced in 2022 after tying the knot in 2009.

“I think there’s easier days than others,” the mom of two said in the clip. “And I can only control what I do.”