Losing sleep over yummy cow juice...

For the past two years I've been craving a whole night's sleep. I was warned time and time again that this would happen, but let me tell you, nothing prepares you for the sleepless nights spent comforting a wailing baby. Yums is entering the third year of her life, but there is no sign of her sleeping through the night.  She wakes me up a couple of times during the night (sometimes with sleepy slaps and kicks) and demands for "yummy cow juice".  I've tried everything I could possibly think of to make her sleep like a log but nothing works! I've tried feeding her turkey before bed, giving her looooooooooooong warm baths (I've even spent bucks on baby products that promise a good night's rest), I've tried making her run around and physically exert herself to the point of oblivion... but no. Nothing works. It's come to the point that I've gotten really good at preparing bottles with my eyes closed.  In fact, this is EXACTLY what I look like in the middle of the night when little miss muffin decides she wants her milk bottle.

All in the name of motherhood. *sigh*

Even with barely 3 hours of sleep the night before her birthday party I somehow put together her birthday cakes - two chocolate fudge cakes and a dozen pink velvet cupcakes.  Here's what they turned out like, which was pretty okay. Had I the time (and energy) to put in a little more thought, these would have been three dimensional :P