This couple was destined to be together, whether they knew it or not. 17 years ago Adrian and Brooke were forced to walk down the aisle as ring bearer and flower girl, and now they've made the trip again as bride and groom.
Adrian and Brooke first met as tiny tots in daycare at the South Gastonia Church of God in North Carolina, Gastonia, where the two actually wed on Sept. 19. Brooke tells TODAY at a young age she was infatuated with Adrian, while he says he felt the exact opposite.
"I didn't care too much for Brooke," Adrian told said. "I was shy and she was outgoing and rambunctious. When they told me I had to walk down the aisle with her, I wasn't about that."
Brooke on the other hand was bursting with joy at the thought of spending more time with her daycare crush. "I had a major crush," Brooke confessed. "I always tried to play with him at school and sit next to him at church. I was just mesmerized by him."
The pair attended the same school until the third grade. Brooke and her family moved to South Carolina. Although the coming and goings of day-to-day life may have tried to tear them apart, fate had its way. The two had run into each other at a religious middle school function. That is when Adrian noticed he had a change of heart towards his rambunctious childhood playmate.
In August 2011, Brooke attended her childhood church where Adrian is now the minister. The two reconnected and are now husband and wife. Adrian admits the sociable personality he used to hate about Brooke is now his favorite feature on his bride. "Her outgoing personality used to annoy me and now it's one of my favorite things about her," Adrian said.
The couple said "I do" in South Gastonia Church of God, the same church they walked down the aisle in as kids, this time with the bride from that wedding watching in the pews.
"It's pretty crazy that I married my crush from daycare," Brooke said. "And he's just as cute now as he was then!"
How precious!