So much to do, so little time

Okay, so here is a quick recap of what's been going on in our crazy lives...
Seth seems to be saying more and more words these days that I can't even keep track anymore. He loves saying Hi and bye bye to everyone he sees. Yesterday he saw a truck go by and he yelled out "truck!" He says "up" when he wants up, down, or to open something. Outside is "ice" and my favorite (since he is sooooooo attached to his PJ's) he says "di di's" for PJ's. All done and "mik" for milk and "wa wa" for water. It's so cool because I can pretty much ask him want he wants and I actually understand him. I can ask him if he pooped (when I suspect he in fact did), and he will point to the back of his pants and nod his head and say "yes". He says eggs, please and thank you, duck...okay, again I'm just going to stop here because he pretty much will say anything you ask him to. I LOVE that he actually TRIES to say every word we ask. He may not always be close to saying it the correct way, but he certainly tries. Oh, and he now says "Elmo" when he sees elmo on TV and he actually attempted to say his name the other day, although Seth is very hard for kid's to say i think.
Yesterday I stayed home with Seth because daycare called me on Monday and said he had a fever. Well I knew he had a fever on Friday and Saturday, but he was back to himself on Sunday. Funny thing is, it was just a low grade fever with absolutely no other symptoms. I took him to the doctor yesterday just to be safe since we are traveling to FWB tomorrow by plane. The doctor couldn't find a thing wrong with him and said it was just a "fever virus" and he should be fine. Well fine he is and in fact he didn't even have a slight fever yesterday, but I still took off from work and stayed home with him. Now again, I'm not a huge advocate for kid's and TV, but I do allow him to watch about 30 minutes of Sesame STreet a day. We record it and he usually watches it right before his bath at night. Well yesterday I turned it on for him and "elmo's world" part of the show came on which is definitely his favorite. Usually he will just get excited to see Elmo and watch a few minutes and then walk away to do something else. Well that day he actually sat there and watched it almost as if he was understanding it. And he actually caught the humor in a section where Elmo did something silly and Seth just started cracking up. He then continued to say "more more" and I probably rewinded it about 30 times.
Well we leave tomorrow for a long flight to FWB. Since we used our airline miles, our flight isn't exactly what we would have chosen. We have to leave our house at 5 am which means i have to wake Seth up at about 4:45 am. Yikes! We then fly to PA, then to NC and then to FWB. I don't think Seth is going to be very happy. Karen, do you have any ideas on how to keep a toddler somewhat happy on a plane? Any advice is greatly appreciated. We flew once for his 1 year birthday, and he was great, but it was also a direct flight and he wasn't as mobile then. It will be so nice to see family, but it just won't be as long as I would like. I am in a wedding as the Matron of Honor, so I still have to memorize a speech by Saturday, I still haven't gotten my dress (long story, don't ask. I am not happy about it but will get the dress tonight), and we still have to pack and be ready to wake up at 4am. Wish us luck!