Hiya guys I want to thank you for your help. I got one of the newer 3.3V FTDI basic breakout boards with the female connection already soldered on. I tried it with the new Mini Pro board I bought and it worked! I also tried it with the older one and it also worked, so the old FTDI basic breakout board was the culprit.
For some reason I just could not do a decent job of soldering the ftdi basic breakout board even though I did a perfect job on both Mini Pros.
Thanks for the insight into soldering though by the way. I've still got a lot to learn!