Savannah Guthrie Celebrates Her Daughter Vale's 12th Birthday as Her Mom Nancy Remains Missing

Savannah Guthrie is marking a special family milestone while continuing to hold onto hope for her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie.

On Thursday, August 13, the Today show host took to Instagram to celebrate her daughter Vale’s 12th birthday. Savannah shares two children, Vale and Charley, 9, with her husband, Michael Feldman.

The journalist paired the heartfelt tribute with photos of Vale as a newborn at the hospital.

“On this day, 12 years ago. I will never forget this joy,” she captioned the post.

“Happy birthday to my dearest Vale, growing up so beautiful, kind, soulful and wise. I thank God for you every day,” Savannah added.

The family celebration comes as Savannah continues to cope with the disappearance of her mother, Nancy.

As OK! previously reported, Savannah has shared numerous pleas on Instagram since Nancy went missing on February 1.

Six months after Nancy’s disappearance, the 54-year-old opened up about the devastating impact it has had on her entire family.

“This is our beautiful Mom,” the talk show star began in her post.

She added, “Six months ago, someone took her out of her bed in the dead of night. We have lived every moment, every breath, and every heartbeat in agony and despair ever since.”

Savannah acknowledged that her family has tried to be positive despite the pain they have experienced.

“Every day, we wake up and try to be strong and go on — because that’s what our joyful and resilient Mom taught us to do. But make no mistake — our hearts are in ruins,” she continued.

Savannah continued to note her family "spends every waking moment thinking of her, longing for her, looking for her."

"There is a hole inside us that can never be filled. There is an ache that cannot be softened. And there is a determination in us that cannot be quenched — to find out what happened to her, so that we can give her the dignity of a proper goodbye — a celebration of her remarkable life that she so deserves," the journalist sobbed.

"We are real people, facing real grief, doing the best we can, and counting our many blessings along the way — most especially the prayers and love from good people, which we feel deeply. We need your prayers, we need your kindness," she penned.

Savannah made it clear that her family remains determined to find out what happened to Nancy.

Savannah continued: "We will never stop looking for answers — and we will never stop looking for the light. We will always be hoping and praying and believing in the best of our world - in spite of circumstance. This is what our faith makes possible. Please. Bring her home."

Shortly before returning to Today after a months-long break in April, Savannah also spoke with Hoda Kotb about how her children were processing Nancy’s disappearance.

“It’s so hard with kids because, you know, you want to protect them,” she shared. “Vale would write me all the time, [saying,] ‘Mama, any leads? You hear anything? Any hope?’ And I think that, you know, we try to talk to them and try to give them a little more certainty than we have, to let them grieve.”