1. We have now completed the first step

2. So where are we?
The universe is a cooling expanding sea of photons and small pieces of slightly clumped matter.
The Universe remains ionized as the electrons can not yet recombine with the protons to make neutral hydrogen.
When the temperature cools to 3000K, recombination happens, the surface of last scattering is reached, and the radiation dominated era is over.
Matter can now clump

3. Element Formation
Only H and He exist – to make heavier elements we need to make stars.
Star formation occurs through the gravitational collapse of gas clouds.
We have no container yet for gas clouds
We must make the container.

4. Growth of Galaxies Mostly still an unknown process
Matter clumps around surviving density enhancements
Eventually a network of clumps starts to gravitationally interact
Somehow this process produced the highly clustered and filamentary galaxy distribution

5. Galaxy Formation
Many details of this process are still unknown although Hubble space telescope keeps finding the proto-galactic building blocks.

6. Galaxies are containers for Life
They Nurture the process of star formation
Stars build heavy elements via fusion.

7. And Heavier Elements

8. This Process continues up until 56Fe
Then weirdness happens

9. Then a Miracle Happens

11. Neutron Capture makes Uranium, Gold, Titanium, Rare Earths