Sorry for the late reply. Much going on.
It ended up being a .htaccess problem. I was so focused on php.ini and adding memory and seeing no results I finally thought I should add some memory adjustments to .htaccess:
php_value upload_max_filesize 128M
php_value post_max_size 128M
Worked like a charm!
Thanks for your help!!!!! I hope this helps someone else.