Can't seem to level up.

Ok so first I'd like to say thank you to everyone. This is an awesome project and I love it. As this is my first modding experience, an infant has more comp knowledge then me so please don't assume i know anything  more then how to turn the comp on. After finally getting it to work and run right,( had to upgrade to a different comp), I'm enjoying running around for a few hour seeing the world of morrowind,(as I have never played it), gameplay works very well, no major glitches that i saw. Now Oblivion being my favorite elder scrolls game I've played thus far, I notice i hadn't leveled up yet. When I open my stats, i see that my level progress bar is still sitting at the beginning of level one, like i had just begun. My skills all level up, but no progress on the characters level. Has anyone had this happen to them? If so i would really appreciate some advice on what could be causing it, and how to fix it. Thank you for your time and effort. :)