I'm sorry for posting this here, I didn't see directions outlined anywhere on the Anki website. I know they are there somewhere but I couldn't find them.

I would like to merge the steps of my Core 2000 deck as I download them, but I just don't know how. So if someone could help me out here it would be appreciated.

Open one of the decks and then go to File>Import and select the deck that you want to merge into the opened deck.

Awesome! thanks for the help.