Welcome! I think getting new Yorkie babies is the best tribute to our lost ones. Our lost pets will live forever in our hearts but nothing helps the grief as much as having another to shower with love. So, best to you, as you go off to STL!
BTW I had a lot of fun over in the Champaign/Urbana area many, many years ago!
My friends and I would sneak off to go see the college boys over there. Memories!