Long before coming to their full circle moment as co-hosts of , Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos were co-stars and on-screen love interests.

The longtime couple, who have been together for almost three decades, met in 1995 when the alum joined the cast of , in which his future wife had been starring as Hayley since 1990.

They eventually became beloved TV couple Hayley and Mateo, who had a whirlwind proposal and subsequent wedding at a hospital after Mateo rescued Hayley from a kidnapping. 

Off the screen, the couple had a slightly less dramatic, but still whirlwind, wedding. They decided to elope in Las Vegas on May 1, 1996, at the Chapel of the Bells one year after they first met, when they had a rare two-day break from work and wanted to escape the dreary New York City weather. They have since welcomed three kids, Michael, 26, Lola, 22, and Joaquín, 21.

Below, take a trip down memory lane and see some of Kelly and Mark's best photos as the one and only Hayley and Mateo.

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Where It All Started

Haley and Mateo (and Kelly and Mark) where officially introduced to each other five years into the former's tenure on the soap opera, in 1995.

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Getting To Know Each Other

Kelly and Mark during an episode that aired on October 8, 1997

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Island Time

Hayley and Mateo went on vacation in Jamaica for a March 1996 episode.

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Jamaica, Ooh I Wanna Take Ya!

Haley and Mateo were falling in love to the rhythm of a steel drum band in Jamaica

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Hospital Wedding

Mateo both proposed to and married Hayley in the hospital after rescuing her from a cave and saving her from a kidnapper in a May 28, 1997 episode.

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Round Two

Hayley and Mateo enjoyed a proper wedding ceremony during a June 16, 2000 episode.

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Baby Enzo

By 2002, the TV couple had welcomed their first child together, son Lorenzo "Enzo" Santos Vaughn.

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