List of links to posts by year, then month (nest)

Be gentle with me, as I’m brand new to word press, and bascially a beginner with PHP.

I’m trying to create a sort of archive link list in the sidebar of the blog, all of which must be narrowed by a specific category. It’s basically structured like this:
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Category
Archives by Category (actually child categories)
? Child Category
? Child Category
? Child Category…
Archives by Date
? 2009
– December
– November
– October…
? 2008
– December
– November
– October…
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

I’ve got the category-based links working just fine, but I can’t figure out how to get the date-based links to do everything I need them to using wp_get_archives.

First, I need them to be narrowed down to a specific category. I’ve been able to do this using the kwebble plugin.

Secondly, I need to make them into a nested list, first by year, then by month, which seems completely impossible to do usingwp_get_archives. (Not to mention the fact that w/ the kwebble plugin enable, I can only sort by month with that tag).

Third, I need to be able to assign an active class to the selected date-sorted link. This doesn’t seem to be built into wp_get_archives’s functions as it is the wp_list_categories function.

I’ve googled looking for alternatives but haven’t gotten far. Having a hard time finding anything that’s both relevant and understandable.

…help…?