"We weren't too worried at first but then it really started coming in quickly, up through the floor boards and through the carpet.
"We just started grabbing the baby stuff, the bassinet and clothes and the firemen helped me carry him out."
The fireman took baby Finn next door to the neighbours while Connor and Sarah grabbed as much as they could.
"We started putting as much as we could up on the table like the electronics but then we just had to focus on the baby."
Sarah said, "We couldn't even use gumboots it was above that.
"Water was flying in and it was getting hard to walk."
Having only moved to Kapiti last August Connor has had his fair share of misfortune after living through the Christchurch earthquakes too.
"I lived through the Christchurch earthquakes and this is way worse.
"It's just a mess."
"Everything here was pretty much brand new.
"The amp is gone, the couches, the carpet and other electronics."
Six homes in Paraparaumu Beach were evacuated this morning.