Trouble syncing contacts on icloud

I've installed IOS 5.0 on my iPHone 4 and have installed 10.7.2 on my MBP.
1. I cannot seem to "force" the initial sync between my MBP address book and icloud. I.E. my icloud contacts are empty.
2. If I add an entry on my Mac or on icloud, they're replicated on the Mac or icloud respectively just fine.
3. but nothing seems to be happening with my contacts on my iPhone. They're not synced down from new entries on my mac, and when I add a new entry on my iPhone, it's not in icloud or my mac.

Thanks for the replies guys. Screenshots attached in response to both of your comments.
woodmeister50 - I have signed into iCloud / enabled it in Address Book already. Screenshot attached = "Example - Address Book"
pvonk - I have tried doing this (hopefully the attached shot of the window is the part of the app to which you refered me) and it doesn't work on that particular screen. Is this what you meant? Screenshot = "Contact Groups Example"
P.s. got iCal working! But contacts/"Address Book" is still a problem.

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