Last night's results:
I fed her dinner later then normal. by a 1/2 hour, so she ate at 6pm. Kept her awake later then normal...going from 7:30 to 8:15. Fell asleep like a rock when I rocked her and gave her the bottle. That's usually never a problem. She didn't wake up until 2am...cried hard for the bottle. Gave it her to her, and she stayed awake for a bit after that bottle. I did not take her out of the crib. Just took the bottle away when she was done. she rolled to her side, sucked her thumb and held her lovie. She whined a few times every hour or so after that, let out a couple loud cries, but stayed asleep for the most part. Unless she cries a "I'm hurt" or a "I need to be changed" cry, I'm not getting out of bed, most of the time when she cries, it doesn't last any more then 5 minutes...I usually jump right up so she doesn't wake anyone else.
Going to try keeping her up later again tonight and see what happens.
Thank you all for your advice and support! I knew there was a reason God brought me to this board!