Dude, you're in an 8 month relationship.
If she is "the one" (guys don't knock all possibility of it happening, I have friends whos parents are high school sweethearts) then you have your whole life to figure it out and let her know you love her.
There is no rush.
Also, I'm guessing this is the longest relationship you've ever been in. Congrats. But please, don't confuse love for infatuation. I was once an AFC in a pretty long relationship, we thought we were in love. We had stupid convos like, "gee I wonder what our kids will look like.." and "gee we're so lucky to have found our match at such a young age..."
Then one day I just woke up from the dream. One morning I couldn't stand her. I waited for it to change, but it just got worse. I eventually broke it off with her. I still have the poem she wrote when I broke up with her...
I regret that relationship more than anything in my entire life. It was a waste of money, emotion, and time. If I look back at it now she was just playing the love card for free food and ****. For christmas I spent $100 on a watch for her. She got me a ****ty AE hoodie a few days afterwards. I don't even ****ing like AE. Oh, and I found out nearly a year after we broke up that she had cheated on me. Not sure to what extent or with whom.
But don't let emotions blind you. And take my warning with a grain of salt, because I have obviously been in a worst case scenario, and you probably can't be as bad as I used to be.
Don't rush things. And don't let emotion take over. Thats about the best advice I can think of for you.
Good luck.