bxSlider Carousel Slider Vertical Alignment Problem

HTML

<script src="http://bxslider.com/lib/jquery.bxslider.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://bxslider.com/lib/jquery.bxslider.css">
<b>Without BxSlider - How I want the slides to display</b>

<div class="bxslider-2">
  <div class="bxslider-inner"><div style="width:80px; height:80px; background:#CCC; padding:5px;"></div></div>
 <div class="bxslider-inner"><div style="width:80px; height:80px; background:#F5F5F5; padding:5px;"></div></div>
<div class="bxslider-inner"><div style="width:80px; height:10px; background:#6699cc; padding:5px;"></div></div>
    <div class="bxslider-inner"><div style="width:80px; height:80px; background:#F5F5F5; padding:5px;"></div></div>
</div>



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<b>With BxSlider - Blue slider doesn't align in center (vertical)</b>
<br /><br />

<div class="bxslider">
  <div class="bxslider-inner"><div style="width:80px; height:80px; background:#CCC; padding:5px;"></div></div>
 <div class="bxslider-inner"><div style="width:80px; height:80px; background:#F5F5F5; padding:5px;"></div></div>
<div class="bxslider-inner"><div style="width:80px; height:10px; background:#6699cc; padding:5px;"></div></div>
    <div class="bxslider-inner"><div style="width:80px; height:80px; background:#F5F5F5; padding:5px;"></div></div>
    <div class="bxslider-inner"><div style="width:80px; height:80px; background:#CCC; padding:5px;"></div></div>
 <div class="bxslider-inner"><div style="width:80px; height:80px; background:#F5F5F5; padding:5px;"></div></div>
<div class="bxslider-inner"><div style="width:80px; height:10px; background:#6699cc; padding:5px;"></div></div>
    <div class="bxslider-inner"><div style="width:80px; height:80px; background:#F5F5F5; padding:5px;"></div></div>
</div>

CSS

.bxslider-inner {
   vertical-align: middle;
    display: inline-block;
    float: none !important;
}

JavaScript

jQuery(document).ready(function(){
    jQuery('.bxslider').bxSlider({
    mode: 'horizontal',
	speed: 500,
	slideMargin:0,
	infiniteLoop: false,
    pager: false,
	controls: true,
    slideWidth: 80,
    minSlides: 1,
    maxSlides: 5,
    moveSlides: 2  		});
	});