Our flight back to Doha

A few days before our departure from Holland to Doha, Sera decided she was done with crawling, period. During those days, she would suddenly surprise us by walking unassisted to targeted destinations within the house. Of course, all of us would watch with bated breath, silently cheering her on. So by the time we boarded the plane for Doha, she was walking on her own, confidently. And that could only mean trouble for Johan and I.

You see, the plane, which was filled with so many PEOPLE was Sera's ultimate playground. Our peculiarly sociable daughter was on a high, trying to wave at everybody in the plane and with her newly acquired walking skills, there was no stopping her from personally going up to all the sleepy passengers. Once the seat belt sign went off (and believe me, it was a struggle trying to keep her strapped down during take off and landing), Sera would eagerly crawl out of her seat and begin her 'meet and greet' sessions. Johan and I would take turns accompanying her on her 'tour', just in case she got into any mischief. Most of the passengers received her with bemused smiles while there were some that simply ignored her. With the unfriendly ones, Sera took extra care to reach out to them, by grabbing onto their toes. Ha ha. I'm serious!

Needless to say, both Johan and I were very relieved when we finally landed in Doha because we were totally exhausted.


Before her 'meet and greet' session, Sera took a power nap

And away she goes ... notice some of the passengers sticking out their heads, checking out Miss Sera Ling

Okay, I placed those headsets on her simply because throughout the flight back, she was trying to get hold of it from me so when the movie ended, I placed it on her head and she was happy