Iphone 4 not receiving pictures via text

Is it possible that if I'm using my phone (not calling, but just doing stuff) that I can't receive a picture text?  A friend sent a few pictures while I was not using my phone and I received them just fine, and send a few others and I didn't get them, but I happen to have been using the phone (not calling) at the time they were sent.  We can't figure out why I didn't receive those other 2 pictures, only can think since I was using the phone. 
Thanks in advance for any ideas!

I spoke to AT&T Directly, and they said that MMS was disabled on my account. they enabled MMS on my account again, and that solved my issues!

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