Text + Sprite like Whats App messages

[Todi]

Hi guys,

So, I stuck in a little problem here. I'm building a chat system for my casual game, but I'd like to put icons in the middle of the text, like Whats App messages with emoticons. Does anyone know how can I do it or have any ideas to solve it?

EDIT: Just to clarify, the text and emoticons (images/sprites) must be rendered in the same sentence, like when we sent a message with emoticons on the WAPP chat.

Thanks!