Savannah Guthrie Returns to ‘Today’ Show for First Time Since Mom Went Missing

Savannah Guthrie is officially back on the “Today” show ... after stepping away for two months amid her mother’s disappearance.

Savannah was back in the anchor chair Monday morning alongside Craig Melvin ... wearing a bright yellow dress and a matching heart necklace.

She kicked things off by running through the morning’s top headlines … before turning to Craig with a smile and saying, "It is good to be home."

Savannah made it clear she’s jumping right back in … adding, “Well, here we go, ready or not, let’s do the news,” before diving straight into the broadcast.

Fans poured outside Studio 1A ... with many holding signs welcoming Savannah back -- and it clearly meant a lot to her.

The return is a significant moment for the "Today" host … after her mother, Nancy, vanished Feb. 1, she spent time in Arizona with family focused on the search before recently heading back to NYC.

Prior to her return ... she sat down with Hoda Kotb in a candid and personal interview, admitting it was hard to imagine returning to a show with such an upbeat tone -- but said coming back is part of her “purpose.”

While Savannah kept it strictly professional Monday morning ... she struck a far more emotional tone on Sunday, delivering a recorded Easter message to Good Shepherd New York’s digital service -- admitting at times “life itself seems far harder than death.”