has started the year off by sharing some exciting news – she is
pregnant with her second child. Jennifer, 35, and her husband
Brian Hallisaywelcomed their daughter
Autumn James Hallisayin November 2013, and are now "thrilled" to be expanding their family, her rep confirmed to
HELLO! Online. Jennifer and Brian, 36,
secretly married five days before she gave birth to their baby girl. They had confirmed
their engagementearlier that year, in June.
The
Criminal Mindsactress spoke about how much she
loves being a mother to little Autumnduring a recent interview on
Jimmy Kimmel Live. "It's really great," she said. "
She smiles, she's walking, she's waddling like a little penguin, she's an overachiever just like me. It's terrifying! There's gates everywhere that I trip over." Jennifer also revealed that she and Brian
chose not to find out the sex of their babybefore her arrival. "People are mean to you! They're like, 'Well, then tell us what your baby is', and I'm like, 'I don't know!'," she said.
"And then they guess, which is insulting for the woman because they're like, 'You're really carrying in the backside.' I'm like, 'I have been carrying in the backside since I was 15! This is not pregnancy – it's just who I am!'" Jennifer and Brian, who appeared together on the NBC show
Love Bites,started dating in 2012 after reconnecting on the now-cancelled Lifetime show
The Client List.