The day after our visit to the hospital, we hopped on the 8:30am ferry, and headed off to the Island. We spent our first night in Nanaimo at my grandpa’s house where Elodie met her great grandparents, great aunt and uncle and a second cousin. She also met her aunt and uncle, and her birthday twin/cousin, Maddie! My parents were there as well, and we spent lots of time down at the beach exploring tidal pools, throwing sticks in the water and checking out marine life, including some barnacles that Belle scraped her leg on. Luckily, she’s one tough cookie; the cuts didn’t even phase her.