Display Saved Database Answers in Form Issue

[eluser]dhall[/eluser]
Everything works great as long as the user has already saved data.
If no data exists already in the database table then I get the following error.

A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Notice
Message: Trying to get property of non-object
Filename: controllers/profile.php
Line Number: 41

Where line 41 is

Code:

40 - $results = $this->profile_model->get_profile();
41 - $data['birth_year_answer'] = $results->birth_year;

All the code matches what you provided to the T.
This same error occurs for every input field.
How do I setup the code to pull answers if they exist, and leave blank if they don't?
Thanks for ALL the help!