A New York boy's quest to get in the Guinness Book of World Records is really taking off.

Hunter Winship's family says they've collected more than one million paper airplanes, but they still have a major fight ahead.

If it weren't for the bald head, Hunter Winship would seem like a typical kid.

Today, he looks healthy and happy, but this 5-year-old's fight began in January, when Hunter was diagnosed with a rare form of lymphoma.

"The worst part about it is, you see him like this and he's playing and jumping up and down and sledding and you want to think that he's over it," exclaimed Hunter's mom, Cheryl Winship.

"You want to believe he's over it."

Cheryl Winship knows that's far from the truth.

Hunter will need more chemotherapy and more hospital stays.

But it's come to a point, she's even grateful for those.

"I cry because we have to spend Easter in the hospital, but then I cry because at least he's going to get another Easter," she says.

Believe it or not, this isn't the family's only fight.

Hunter is also battling his way into the Guiness Book of World Records for collecting the most paper airplanes.

"This one's not an airplane, it's a helicopter."

Cheryl was right when she thought it would be a way to take Hunter's mind off his illness.

What she didn't know, is that the response would blow their minds.

"We have a 15-passenger van and when I sent the email out I had intentions of not being home, just have them put the airplanes in the van," she explained.

The first day it was filled.

And now, so is the barn, the basement and the garage.

"My name is Jason. I"m eight years old. Sorry to hear you have cancer," said one message.

Each day, the plane count climbs even higher as the post office drops off yet another box.

With every delivery comes the challenge of finding a place to put it and finding a way to thank the people who sent them.

"Each person made these planes for Hunter," said Cheryl.

"It's not like you can just put it aside. When we count, we usually have one person stacking, the rest of them counting, then we have the one person at the end of the table folding the planes back up."

At this point, it's really not even about the planes, rather the people who send them.

They've taken hunter's mind off his cancer, and sent it soaring in other directions.

While the whole family seems to have more questions than answers, Cheryl feels confident about several things.

Hunter will set a world record, beat his cancer and, in a couple of years, be baffled by all the support he received.

"He doesn't understand where the airplanes are coming from," says Cheryl.

"But when he gets older, I think he's going to really, really have some stories to tell."

The Winships are done collecting planes, so now it's a matter of getting Guinness officials to their house to count the planes, one-by-one.

The family is hoping that happens before Hunter's sixth birthday, which is in June.