I've often wondered:  If you're Baptized on April Fools' Day, does it really count?  Of course I've wondered that (jokingly, of course) because I was baptized on April Fools' Day back in 1978 (yep, 30 years ago today!)

30 years in God's grace... 30 years as an heir to the Kingdom and a born-again son of the Almighty.  What blessings I have known!  What an amazing gift of life I've been given!  It's gone by fast, and I look forward to the next 30 years and seeing my own sons grow in faith, hope, and love and in their exercise of the fruits of the spirit that came upon them at Baptism and will fully enrich them at their Confirmation.

God is awesome.  And He is good... all the time.  And I praise Him for the wonders of this life and of the next and for the joys of life in His family.

". . Baptism is the first and chief sacrament of forgiveness of sins because it unites us with Christ, who died for our sins and rose for our justification, so that 'we too might walk in newness of life'" (Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraph 977)

"Justification has been merited for us by the Passion of Christ. It is granted us through Baptism. It conforms us to the righteousness of God, who justifies us. It has for its goal the glory of God and of Christ, and the gift of eternal life. It is the most excellent work of God's mercy" (CCC, paragraph 2020)

So I have looked upon thee in the sanctuary,
  beholding thy power and glory.
Because thy steadfast love is better than life,
  my lips will praise thee.
So I will bless thee as long as I live;
   I will lift up my hands and call on thy name.

My soul is feasted as with marrow and fat,
   and my mouth praises thee with joyful lips,
when I think of thee upon my bed
   and meditate on thee in the watches of the night;
for thou hast been my help,
  and in the shadow of thy wings I sing for joy.
My soul clings to thee;
   thy right had upholds me

- Psalm 63: 3-8 (Revised Standard Version)