Meagan Ballinger

Meagan in January of 2019

Megan Elizabeth (Forsyth) Ballinger is the daughter of Terry and Roxanne Forsyth. She is the younger half-sister of Brandon Forsyth and Rachael Tunstill, and the older sister of Austin Forsyth. She is the wife of Bobby Ballinger. She is the mother of Harper, Marlie, Bear and Sawyer Ballinger.

## Early Life

Meagan Elizabeth Forsyth was born on September 28, 1991, to Terry Forsyth and Roxanne Waters. She was the couple's first child, and they went on to have one more after her. When she was a young child, her parents opened Fort Rock Family Camp. Along with her brother, Meagan grew up homeschooled, and often helped her parents out around the camp. As children/teens, Meagan and her brother were not allowed to close their bedroom doors except to change clothes.

### World's Strictest Parents

On June 6, 2009, Country Music Television aired an episode of the reality TV show "World's Strictest Parents" featuring Meagan's family. In the episode, two "unruly" teenagers, 15-year-old Arielle and 18-year-old Tyler, were sent to live with the Forsyth family for a week to help them "straighten up". In the episode, the two teenagers were expected to work alongside Austin and Meagan in a variety of tasks including yardwork and household chores. They were also expected to go to White River Baptist Church with the family, an issue that Tyler argued strongly against on the grounds that he was Jewish. Both teens spoke of the Sunday school class they were forced to attend, stating that they were taught that dating lead to divorce.

## Family

   On May 26, 2017, Meagan was a bridesmaid in her brother Austin's wedding to Joy Duggar.

### Engagement and Wedding

In July of 2015, Meagan got engaged to Robert "Bobby" Ballinger, Jr.
Meagan married Bobby Ballinger on November 14, 2015, at Grace Baptist Church in Rogers, AR.

### Motherhood

On August 3, 2016, Meagan announced that she was pregnant with her first child.
At 10:45pm on March 28, 2017, Meagan gave birth to a daughter, Harper Lynn Ballinger. She weighed 8 pounds and 13 ounces.

On March 8, 2018, Bobby's father shared a photo announcing the Meagan was pregnant with her second child. According to the photo, she was 14 weeks pregnant. At 10:27am on September 9, Meagan gave birth to her second daughter, Marlie Denise Ballinger. She weighed 8 pounds and 6 ounces.

On July 10, 2020, Bobby posted that the previous day, July 9, 2020, at 7:08 pm, Meagan gave birth to their third child, a son name Robert "Bear" Alan Ballinger III. She labored for 5.5 hours. He weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces, and was 21.25 inches long.

On September 21, 2022, Meagan's fourth child Sawyer James Ballinger was born.

## Wedding Involvement

* bridesmaid: her brother Austin Forsyth's wedding to Joy-Anna Duggar (5/26/17)

*profile photo credit*

## References

1. ↑ http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/joy-anna-duggars-bf-austin-forsyth-5-things-to-know-w450779
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