I did two 'test' boards last night with the EEPROM, AVR MCU and USB controller chip and a few .1uf capacistors. Today I got AVR MCU and USB chips on the rest of the boards. I think I got semi high off soldering so time to stop for a bit.
The instructions do say to start with the driver chips but since mine just shipped even though I ordered them well before my digikey order, I decided better to get some work done rather than none.