Ordered this today and should have it Monday ftw!
http://www.amazon.com/CCENT-ICND1-640-822-Official-Guide/dp/1587204258/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1320366646&sr=8-3
Watched the CBT nugget video's a month or two ago just to get acquainted, purchased a 1721 and 1760 router along with a 2950 switch from eBay to go along with a few borrowed 3550's from work to physically lab with and going to use GNS3 to create lab scenario's with 3 or more routers.
I am planning on taking the test at the first of January, expecting a daughter within the next few weeks so majority of my study/lab time will be at work.