Welcome to beckyelliott.com.

Blakie and his mommy Becky and son Blake (08.08)

As a web developer by trade, I'm kind of obligated to have a personal website.

Within this site, you'll find an odd assortment of web-related content, family pictures, some information about craniosynostosis and other miscellany. You'll also find more photos of my sweet children Blakie and Audrey than you'd ever want to see.

Craniosynostosis Awareness is a passion of mind because my son was born with this. Craniosynostosis is a birth defect that affects 1 in 2000 babies. Fortunately, our pediatrician knew enough about cranio to send us to a neurosurgeon. Blake was officially diagnosed with craniosynostosis with trigoncephaly at about 3 months old. Many families aren't so lucky.

Anyhow, because Blake's metopic (forehead) suture was prematurely closed and his head couldn't grow normally, his head had a triangular shape. Apart from the stigma of an odd-shaped head, craniosynostosis can potentially cause brain damage in severe cases.

Because of this, we elected for Blake to have surgery. Read about his story and see his recovery.