Where have I been?

I'm sorry, I have been completely out of it for over a month now as my last entry was Dec 9th.
Needless to say, we have been busy with friends visiting, trips to Seattle and Pennsylvania and squeezing in last minute visits and trips before heading back to work a week from Monday (Feb 4th).
I wish I could post some photos that I have of Cooper (now four and a half months old), but Kevin has reformated our hard drive or something and I can't find Picasa which is the program I use to edit and sort my photos...I will work on getting that going asap as I have heard a few comments that my blog does not have enough photos, and I agree.
Well, I hope everyone had a great holiday and everyone is settling into 2008. I heard a statistic that said January 21 or 22, I can't remember exactly is the "most depressing day of the year"...because that is the day we typically receive all our bills from the holidays and the high from seeing family and friends has worn off and, like here in the bay area, we are dealing with rain and cold weather...boo hoo.
We had a busy holiday season, and it is now official, Cooper has met everyone in his immediate family...his cousin and Aunt and Uncle in Seattle, his cousins and Aunt and Uncle in Salinas CA, his cousins and Aunt and Uncle(s) in NY and he finally met his Grandfather in PA.
We flew to PA last week for a week and had a great time. It snowed and we had some really cold days, but dad was kind enough and allowed us to turn up the heat so we didn't freeze.
Cecilia, Chris and the kids along with Joel came down for the weekend and we had fun visiting, playing Apples to Apples and catching up.
Cooper did great on the plane, but his re-entry into PST has been a bitch. Just today, a full three days after arriving home, does he seem to be back to himself.
I've been working hard this week on getting his nap schedule documented so that the days Kevin and our nanny, Violeta, watch him they can be consistant and try and put him down at about the same time everyday. We have been having a hard time the last month or so as he began waking up often in the night to feed.
I had been indulging him because I thought he was going through a growth spurt..but it has been four weeks now, and I don't think growth spurts last that long.
Last night Kevin slept on the couch so I could work with Cooper in the middle of the night to ween him off of some of his late night feedings, it was not easy. He was up at one point around 3a.m. for about an hour and a half, and he was not happy.
BUT, instead of feeding him about four or five bottles between the time he went to sleep (6 pm) to the time he woke up (7 am), he only drank three. I'm looking to get him to sleep longer stretches as I know he is capable, since he was sleeping very well at three months.
Now he can wake up within an hour or an hour and a half from the last time he ate...and that just ain't good.
So, we will try again tonight and see how we do.
Okay, that is the update, whether you wanted to know it or not!
More photos to come, PROMISE!!