It's Uncle Shawn's Birthday! Pass it on!

That's right -- the man behind the Big Blue Pig celebrates his own birthday today.

And what a great year it's been for Uncle Shawn. He's had the chance to vacation with all of us and shared in all of our adventures along the way. So let's have a quiz!

In February, he went with Uncle Ted and his family to Disney World and Ocean City. Question: Who made a crossover appearance there mid-way through the week for special ceremony on the square in Magic Kingdom? (A parade was involved.)

He went to Corolla, N.C. with Josh and Ethan. Everybody stayed up late one night to watch something happening in the sky -- what was it and why did it happen?

And he went to the Caribbean with Emily, Brandon, Eric and Adam on a gigantic boat for Thanksgiving. What was the name of the boat?

And this month, he just got back to the U.S. from earthquake-ridden Italy! On the day the earthquake hit, what building was Uncle Shawn standing on top of?

He also saw his 200th type of bird this year? Anybody know what it was?

What adventures will 2009 hold for Uncle Shawn? Let's get his 38th year started with a big Happy Birthday today!