IMessage in iCloud

I just started using the IMessage tonight between my ipad2, iPhone and family's iPads and iPhones. If I send a message from my ipad2, it only posts to the recipients iPhone but shows up on both of my devices. When I send from my iPhone, the messages will show up on both devices of the recipient. The same thing happens when they send to me from their devices. If sent from their ipad, I only receive on iPhone. If sent from their iPhone, I receive on both devices. All systems have the ios5 operating system installed. The only setting that I can see is different is in the settings, messages. There is a receive at..line. On the iPhone, you have two addresses. When going to the next screen, the sources are your cell number and your email address. On the iPad, you can only enter email addresses here. You don't have the option to set up a phone number. I am not sure but I can only assume after all the research I have done on the settings that this is where the problem lies. Can anyone shed some light on this? I would appreciate it.

I would also like for iMessage to be stored in iCloud so that if I restore my iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or MacBook Pro, I can set up the device as new without having to worry about my messages being lost. This is the only part of iCloud that I still feel is "missing", aside from the fact that we're unable to see our Photo Stream on iCloud.com. Baking iMessage into iCloud's servers would mean that messaging would have a truly seamless aspect and that you could acess your content from anywhere, anytime, in any part of the world simply with your Apple ID card. Now THAT'S a seamless experience!

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