Reddit reviews Building Wireless Sensor Networks: with ZigBee, XBee, Arduino, and Processing
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There are a bunch of steps. I'd recommend buying Building wireless sensors networks by Robert Faludi
Also, my experience has been that it's simpler to set the xbees to API mode and use the arduino xbee library rather than do it the more manual way, but it depends on your project.
You may need some adapter boards to get your xbees playin nice with your arduinos. Adafruit has a $10 one that seems to work well, but there are lots of options.
Are you going to eventually try setting up more than two Xbees or are you just using two? This book is very helpful: http://www.amazon.com/Building-Wireless-Sensor-Networks-Processing/dp/0596807732