I had tried and still got the object required error. I finally figured out that the XMP wasn't getting parsed. Checking .ParseError.ErrorCode for 0 would determine if we passed.

IF xOBJ.ParseError.ErrorCode = 0
    'Everything OK
    AddContactXML = rootNode.XML
ELSE
    'We've got a problem
    AddContactXML = xObj.ParseError.Reason
END IF

Course I had to rethink the flow for this but it works now. The problem I'm running into now is security so that the XMLDOM can Save my changes.

Thanks for the help