Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes keep their relationship pretty private, but in a rare and candid interview with Hello! Canada, the first-time dad opened up about 1-year-old daughter Esmeralda Amanda and how she and his girlfriend mean everything to him.
"I know that I'm with the person I'm supposed to be with," the 35-year-old actor said of Mendes. As for the one quality he's looking for in a woman he said, "That she's Eva Mendes. There's nothing else I'm looking for."
Gosling and Mendes, 41, have been dating since 2011, and he could not be more excited for the upcoming holidays with their baby girl, who they welcomed in September 2014.
"This will be our first Christmas where [Esmeralda] is sort of taking it all in," he said. "So that's exctiting... [But] she's obsessed with the Hanson Christmas album! No disrespect to Hanson, they're very talented kids, but I think I've heard that record enough. I'm sure it will be on a loop this Christmas as well."
While Gosling keeps his family life private, Mendes opened up to Women's Health earlier this year about how she doesn't mind the sleepless nights as a mother.
"I'm actually enjoying [it]," she told the magazine. "Because it's bonding with my little girl."
When Esmeralda was born, a source told People Gosling was "madly in love" with her, and Mendes was "absolutely in heaven being a mom" and she had "never been happier." "She and Ryan are just in awe of this beautiful person they created," added the source. "It's a really special time for them."
