Mama's boy

I am making plans to go with some of my aunts, cousins and grandma to Mexico in April. A real girls trip!  I haven't been on a trip without the kids since I had them and I haven't been on a girls trip, well, ever.  It's the perfect opportunity for me, my aunt has a place right on the beach in Cabo (which she is trying to sell, anyone in the market for a Mexican villa?) and along with all the sleeping through the night I plan on doing, I'm really looking forward to spending some real time with my extended family.  Living in Utah while they live in California, it's hard to really develop bonds with my family.  It's never too late to try to develop closer relationships I say.  And what better way than sipping margaritas on the beach together?

John, though scared out of his mind at the idea of being home alone with both kids for a week, has said he'll help me make the trip happen.  We're pooling our SkyMiles for the flight so the trip is actually going to be quite affordable. John has no desire to go to Mexico, so I don't even have to feel guilty about going on a beach vacation without him. 

The big kink in my plans goes by the name of Max, who, as you know, is a bit of a boobaholic, he's also a big time mama's boy.  The longest I've left his side is three hours, and here I'm making plans to leave him for a week.

I need to make four things happen in order for me to go:

1. Get Max to take a bottle
   
2. Stockpile a week's worth of expressed boob juice
   
3. Get Max to fall asleep without my boob in his mouth
   
4. 
   

   Get Max to sleep in his own crib (hopefully through the night), he currently co-sleeps with me

I've got 10 weeks or so to make these things happen and I believe it can be done, really, these things should have been taken care of months ago, now I just have the motivation to do it.  I'm hoping this will also make weaning him easier since I plan to do that in June (I'll pump'n'dump on the trip to keep my milk up so I can continue nursing him when I get home).  The way he is now about nursing, I was having visions of him breastfeeding until he goes off to college.  It'll also be nice to have the marital bed back instead of the family bed we currently have. 

Anyone have any advice for me? Alex was so easy, took a bottle fine, slept in his own bed through the night since 8 weeks old...I have no experience with a clingy baby.