Mementos handwritten on a sheet of paper by Minnie Galley documenting the early milestones of Esther Galley
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Esther born Sept 7th 1898
Weight 8 1/2 lbs
Five months first tooth
Six “ “ sit alone
Eight “ “ Crept + said “bye bye”
Nine “ “ said “pretty”
Ten “ “ five teeth
Thirteen “ “ walked + said many words
Eighteen “ “ put words together “hello papa dear”
Did not want her bath so put her head
under my arm + said “all sick baby”
Would call me “Minnie Mamma”
Twenty months friends called + she told
them .”Papa pa[?][?]ng sheep”
At five years her shoes bill was $16.40
In those days shoes were cheap could
buy good ones for a dollar or less
When she saw the flowers on my new hat
said Oh! Mamma is it alive?
She liked to see me dressing a chicken
When I would begin to cut it up she
was delighted + would “Noe you
are going to kill it”