I'm not surprised in the least. I expect Fx to just rack up the awards over the next few months as it leads into a 1.0 release. Although it's not totally necessary it's nice to see Fx get the recognition it's due. For a user since pre 0.1's it feels good to watch a project mature from something that no one knows about to something that everyone recognizes as the top of it's class. In such a short period of time no less. It's been less than 2 years since the 0.1 of phoenix was released.
Are we having a party to celebrate it's "birthday"?

Firefox 1.0 and Phoenix .1's release dates almost coincide... I guess seeing a huge boost in marketshare would be _the_ gift for our beloved browser's birthday ;-).