The Best of Friends

This is a picture of Amanda (left) and me when we were 18... It was taken at Crayfish Creek at Amanda's boyfriends house... When I look at this photo it makes me smile, a person can have a lot of friends in their life but to have a friendship that endures all is amazing. Amanda is now pregnant with her first baby, oh and I am sooo excited (the same boyfriend whos house we are at in this picture, though is her fiance now!) She is due on August the 9th and is my first official 'long time' friend to have a baby after me, oh and she has asked me to be godmother, even more exciting. Now the hunt is on to find 'the prefect present'. For her baby shower last month I just got her a small gift which was a few funky face washers and a few singlets and gave them to her arranged as a bunch of flowers... I also got a bit mushy and wrote her a poem/letter which i must say bought a few tears to the room... I have decided that the perfect present that I could give her would be made by me and of course I have already started on a package of some knitted goodies, but I want to give her something that her little bub can have for the rest of his (yes it's a boy) life, or that Amanda will treasure... I am just stuck, I was thinking of making a teddy or something but I really want it to be unique and everyone gives teddy's... maybe a quilt or a little blanket... quilting would be fun, have never tried it, oh I'm just not sure, let me know if you have any suggestions