Are you trying to center it or what? If you are trying to center it you can use line-height to make it centered.
http://codepen.io/benjaminmorgan/pen/gqiHo
Otherwise, since it is a div, you would need to display it inline-block since you only have a height of 31 on the div. Just click on the link and look over the code, if you have any questions just ask.
Are there any rules that cascade to nav-bar?
For that you should apply top-padding to the parent container.I'm just trying to keep it from being up next to the top of the nav bar I have created.