"Someone to Watch Over Me"

We hate leaving at night. It is generally the hardest thing we do in a day. Intellectually you tell yourself you're being stupid. You know it wouldn't do you or them any good to just camp out over night. In fact, you know that doing that will quickly lead to crazy mommy and daddy. But still, knowing all this intellectually doesn't mean you avoid the guilty feelings which creep up on you. Even though you "know" better you still can't help feeling as though your abandoning your daughters.
Perfect example, last night. We decided to leave a little earlier last night. We had a lot we wanted to get done, specifically putting the crib together while we had the extra help of grandad, and we had already spent the entire day there, so after much discussion we decided it wouldn't be "wrong" to leave a little early. All that said, it still didn't stop Mary Jane from crying when we left. Oh, it wasn't hysterics, even as Mary Jane was crying she "knew" everything was going to be okay, but...it's still hard.

In order to make ourselves feel better we try and leave some trusted help to watch over them.