Hubba hubba -- hot dad alert!

Ryan Gosling stepped out near his Los Angeles home to run errands on Tuesday, and from the scruff to the guns, we're swooning. While we haven't seen Ryan out with his 9-month-old daughter Esmeralda, we can definitely create a mental image of it -- and it's making us melt even more.

In between diaper duty and spending time with lady love Eva Mendes, Ryan has begun shooting La La Land, which is about a jazz pianist who falls in love with an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. Ryan will be starring opposite Emma Stone, and this is now the third time they've worked together on a film and played one another's onscreen love interests. (As you may remember, the duo were in Crazy, Stupid, Love and Gangster Squad.)

Interestingly enough, we also spotted Stone leaving the studio yesterday, and she seemed to be having a rather odd exchange with a crew member: