A really cool birthday present

Adam's birthday just passed and I got him a couple of great presents.  A couple of months ago I bought him a Jazz hat and told him that would be his present.  But I found another present and I think I did great.  When it comes to giving presents to Adam, it's very straight forward. He would be happy to receive Legos, an old American coin, or a book. When it comes to giving me gifts I want something new and different everytime!
When it comes to getting gifts for the other...it is the exact opposite. I want to give Adam something surprising and different each time, and he would rather give me another board game everytime. This makes a bittersweet shopping experience for us. If I get what Adam wants...its not the new and different and thoughtful present from me. (but only to me...to him it is the best new lego set ever!!) Does anyone else have this dilemma, or something like it?
Even though this is just a minor dilemma for us...I think this time I found a great birthday gift this time that was new and different and it was something that Adam loves.

This is a book that I had made for Adam.  It is a collection of pictures he has taken.  For those of you who don't know, one of Adam's hobbies is photography.  These are just a couple of the pages out of the book.  There is a page for waterfalls, one for sunsets/sunrises, one for Southern Utah, a page with underwater pictures and so forth.  It is really cool.  He thought it was a great gift.  The only problem is now he shows off his pictures even more than he did before!