Scrapbook for Boyfriend - Dumb Present?

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My boyfriend and I are in a long distance relationship. I'm in grad school, living off of student loans and he's in the Army. The flights to visit each other are quite expensive and I don't have a lot of money to buy him a bunch of presents. I was thinking of making him a scrapbook of our relationship and booking a room at a hotel downtown for his birthday present. Do you think this is an okay gift?
EDIT: He and I are very serious about our relationship and have talked about marriage, our future house, our future dogs, and our future kids. I thought I could give it to him and it could be something that we could add to over our lives together.