How to manually force sync messages after an iTunes restore?

I backed up my iPhone 4 before getting rid of the phone in anticipation of the iPhone 5. (circumstances prevented me from keeping the iPhone 4 until after I got the 5).
In the meantime, used iMessage on an older iPod Touch (upgraded to iOS 6) and my MacBook Air. Phone number went to a flip phone on prepaid.
I just got back from an international trip with my iPhone 5 waiting-- restored from the backup I made of the iPhone 4 on the last day I had it. Everything seemed to restore properly. However, I now have about 2 weeks of iMessages on my iPod/Mac that are not on my iPhone. During those 2 weeks, I had iCloud backup on for the iPod.
Is there a way to sync those to the iPhone 5 to fill the 2 week gap? Also, my visual voicemail did not make it over (perhaps because I did not set it up before restoring from iTunes)-- can I selectively restore this as well?
I have tried enabling/disabling iMessage, signing in and out of my Apple ID.
Thanks for any help! 

waylortoo wrote:
Where would I find the contacts on the computer?
I looked in the address book, but it was wiped out there as well.
I apologize for not being tech-savvy.
That's up to the user. When setting up the iPhone as described in the manual, you should choose an application on your computer to sync contacts to. You do this by connecting the phone to your computer, clicking on its name in iTunes, then going to the Info tab and checking "Sync contacts with" and choosing an app. Usually Address Book for Mac, Windows Vista, 7 or 8, or Outlook for Windows XP.
Alternatively, you can choose to sync to iCloud from the phone's settings. Then your contacts will be in your iCloud address book, which you can access by logging in to icloud.com with your Apple ID.
Alternatively, you can sync with Google Mail, which will allow you to sync your contacts with Google's address book.
Alternatively, you can do the same with Hotmail or Yahoo.
Alternatively, if you get email from an MS Exchange server, contacts will automatically sync with it.
If you didn't do any of these you risk losing contacts if something glitches.

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