Bobby is expecting his first child in March. Even though Ana is doing all the work, Eddie and I somehow convinced our wives that Bobby needed a baby bachelor party. Bobby is not as big a fan of Vegas as the rest of our crew and he was planning in being in Florida for work, so we picked Miami.

I can't sugar-coat that my transcontinental redeye was brutal. Both Eddie and Bobby were delayed because of weather on the East Coast, so we weren't able to play golf on Saturday as planned. We spent a lot of the day in the car, back and forth between airports and the hotel as we waited for our room.

The W in South Beach was booked solid, so Eddie cashed in a boatload of points to score us an awesome suite. We had a great dinner at Nobu, followed by drinks and dessert back at the W. Everyone was pretty tired from a long day of travel, so it was an early night.

On Sunday, we arrived at Doral before sunrise to play golf on the Great White course. We were not good, but it was fun. After lunch, we decided to make up for lost golf on Saturday and play another 18 on the famed Blue Monster. We all did a little better and despite everyone telling us we wouldn't finish, we arrived on the signature 18th hole at sunset. Afterwards, we had dinner at Morton's in Miami Beach.

Monday, we slept in to 7:30 and then packed up and headed out to the Biltmore for our last round of golf. It was another tough round and there were massive losses of golf balls, but we survived. We had one last meal at Hillstone's in Coral Gables before Bobby dropped me and Eddie off at our respective airports.

Next time, I think we need to go to golf school (in Vegas!).

Olivia celebrated her birthday with her classmates on January 4th. Thanks to Kate for preparing the cupcakes with the kids and to Grace for taking all these great pictures!

Addy and Charles invited us over on New Year's Day. We didn't spend the holidays with them, so the kids opened their Christmas presents (and Olivia's birthday presents) together. Santa went nuts following these guys all around the country. Happy New Year!

Team Sugar converged from all over the world this week. Even though we had our all-hands in a ball room at the Hyatt, we're not corporate yet (but wow, so many people!).

Everyone headed over to Americano after changing into "cocktail attire." I did not get the memo that decoded that to sequins. I felt under-sparkly. Everyone looked amazing. Foreverland, a 14-piece Michael Jackson tribute band rocked the house until the city of SF shut it down.

I even made it to the afterparty and outlasted a few of the folks who no doubt wondered who this Michael Jackson guy was.

Epic party. Epic company. Epic 5 years.

Lisa and Brian hosted their annual new year's eve party at their new home. Carnitas were epic. Kids were wild. We almost made midnight.

Happy New Year!

There was some anticipation about whether or not Santa came to visit us at home while we were away. Apparently he did and the kids were very grateful. We loved spending the holidays with our family in NYC, but it was also nice to have some presents under the tree at home. Thanks, Santa!

On Friday, December 30th, we celebrated Olivia's birthday at lunch with our family and a couple friends. What a great way to end our NYC adventure.

Happy 5th Birthday, Olivia!

Ana and Bobby joined our family for our last dinner in NYC. Grace played her 3rd and final Koreatown card, as she had been craving Gam Mi Ok the entire trip. We had Pinkberry for dessert and then headed home to pack.

On Thursday, December 29th, we took another long overdue trip to visit Kerith and Mark at their home on Long Island. I have so many fond memories of visiting this house, which is the home in which she grew up.

My first time visiting was 25 years ago this year. Kerith invited me and two friends from summer school to visit for a weekend. I remember taking the Eastern shuttle from Boston to NY.

The last time I visited was 12 years ago, when Kerith and Mark were married there. It was such an honor to be a bridesman in her wedding party (my first and only time). Pretty much everyone in the wedding party ended up in the pool in their tuxedos and dresses.

Dina, Kerith's mom, is as lovely as ever, and the girls were so great playing with Olivia and Lucas. I'm so glad we were able to get together on this trip and look forward to our next meeting!