Our first flight...with Truett

Wayne and I love to fly, we've been on many, many trips and enjoy the whole process (well most of it) of flying. We are early risers so getting up an hour or two earlier than normal is fine by us. We love the airports and as long as we are not short on time, due to flight delays or something like that, we enjoy our flights. Even when Wayne was in Indianapolis and I was flying back and forth between there and home for baby showers and doctor's appointments and Wayne would fly in for a long weekend, we loved it! We (Wayne and I) went on our first trip after Truett was born last September for our anniversary and haven't been on a airplane since. This summer we have decided to take our first "family vacation" to visit Uncle Scott and Aunt Becca in North Carolina. Truett will be 19 months and we have no plans of spending 16 driving hours with a toddler.


We've booked a flight along with Mrs. Kim and Mr. Larry (Wayne's parents) and have decided Truett needs to "experience" flying also. We hope he loves it as much as we do, and we plan to make it a special time for him. We will bring all of his favorite snacks and juice and plan to buy him a few special toys for the flights. We have one stop in Atlanta. We also might bring a mini dvd player (if anyone wants to let us borrow theirs so we don't have to buy one that would be AWESOME). He doesn't watch any television except for on Sunday mornings when we turn on LPB during his alone/playpen time. We hope it is conflict free and relaxing, SO, this is where you come in! Let us know what has worked for you on trips. What do I need to absolutely bring and what can I get away with not bringing. I will bring a light stroller and car seat, should I bring a pack n play (he won't have a crib when we get there). Any advice would be great!!! I know August seems far away, but trust me this year has already FLOWN by!