TXT message question

[dyskinesia]

Wife has a Razr she recently discovered the little animated gifs and emoticons on her phone and has been trying to send them to me via txt message. All I get is 2 txt messages
1. this message has been modified to comply with the handset. media objects removed
2. just the txt of the message.

Now this is not a HUGE deal but kinda annoying that this phone can't or won't recieve something from my wife's razr.

we are on Alltel and other items work fine

just curious should I expect this to work?