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You're right. It syncs.

As for my first point, I was referring to the image's [i]file size[/i] being unnecessarily large. I thought that the site's large size was due entirely to that, but having a look at the asset pages, I see that the audio file is also to blame. When I say the image is way too large for what it delivers, I mean that the image file size takes up a lot of space when it doesn't have any reason to (and thereby makes the whole site bigger than it needs to be).

My first suggestion would be to optimize your .gif, which I'm assuming you probably didn't do. I'm not an expert with optimization, but I know that most software will have the option to optimize your animation for the .gif format. This doesn't always save space, depending on your animation, but in your case, I think it would have made a significant difference. Additionally, you could cut down on the number of frames in your animation and just make each frame last a bit longer to make up for the removed ones. You could also lower the number of colors used in your .gif; for example (and I'm not suggesting that you do this), a black-and-white animation uses way fewer bytes than a color animation.

Regarding your audio, I would suggest using an .mp3 file type rather than a .wav type--it takes up far less space. The only time you'd ever want to use a .wav file is if you have audio that needs to be looped seamlessly. An .mp3 file has a tiny break between loops while a .wav doesn't.

This is pretty much the extent of my knowledge; it's really just stuff I've picked up here and there in the past year that I've been making sites on YTMND. I'm not an expert, but I am generally more willing to help new users than the average YTMNDer (though from my experience, most new users--even if they are trying--end up quitting within a month). Anyway, if you have questions,