There's a bunch on this topic, but I havn't found an instance that applies well to my situation.
Fade a picture out and then fade another picture in. Instead, I'm running into an issue where the first fades out and immediately (before the animation is finished) the next fades in.
I read about this once and can't remember exactly what the trick was..
http://jsfiddle.net/danielredwood/gBw9j/
thanks for your help!