Another Brake Bleeding Problem, I have air in my Brake Lines Options

[RangerRhett]

Okay...

Attempted to bleed the brakes because it hadn't been done in a while, according to the PO (and I havn't done it).

I foolishly pumped the pedal with a nipple still slightly open (stupid, stupid, stupid)

I cannot get the air out of the lines. I have a hand pump which I have been using (pump it up, stick the pump on the nipple, and then open the nipple until you start sucking).

Out of desparation I opted to bleed the MC (I just cracked the lines until fluid came out). Much more fluid came out of the upper connection than the lower - by 'upper' I mean the connection nearest to the cab. Fluid didn't really dribble out of the 'lower' connection as much.

I fill the reservoir to the top of the fill hole (where the cap threads on to the reservoir). Then I go to the right rear wheel, put on my pump, and then open the nipple. fluid comes out, but in dribbles and with lots of air. Then, I hear a sucking noise, and the reservoir (the fluid sitting in the threaded neck of the reservoir) has been sucked down.

Do I have the wrong idea here? How can I get back on track?