I don't receive messages on iPad 3

[FrustratedRage]

Hello friends, I am a very novice Apple product user, I've had my iPad for ... Seems like 6 months. I sent myself messages from my iPhone 4S to my messages, you know the account that's @me.com. But these messages do not show up on the iPad messenger. I set up my address and password, and it recognized it, but I don't see any messages. Can some please assist a newbie?

Thank you very much.