My husband and I just took our first kid-free vacation. It helped me realize how much he's changed since becoming a father.

Courtesy of Katrina Donham

"I can't even remember the last time I had brunch like this," I said. I was sitting across the table from my husband as I savored the last bite of pan con tomato and washed it down with the last sip of my cortado at Spanish Diner in Hudson Yards. "Yeah, it feels like a lifetime ago," he answered.