Jennie Finch's Son Loves Her to the Moon and Back

Softball player Jennie Finch is happy to be competing at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China, but the downside is that son Ace Shane, 2, is home in the United States. To help with being away from her son, Jennie talks to him on the phone as much as she can, even if they just count numbers or talk "about giraffes or elephants or something like that." However, sometimes Ace says something that makes his mom's heart melt -- the former Celebrity Apprentice contestant recalls "he told me he loves me to the moon and back the other night."

This is the last Olympics that Jennie, 27, will be participating in, as softball will no longer be included as an Olympic sport after this year. Knowing that, she's trying to have a great time while winning a gold medal and having a little boy at home cheering for her helps!

[My family said] that he saw me on TV the other night at Opening Ceremonies and he shouted, 'Momma' and was jumping off the couches, so, that kind of made it all better, knowing that he's hopefully a proud two-year-old back home.

Jennie and her husband, Minnesota Twins pitcher Casey Daigle, 27, have been married since January 15, 2005.

Source: Access Hollywood; Photo by INF.