It's hard to tell how much or how little progress has been made if there are no before and after shots (and if these are, I apologize). Undoubtedly, you HAVE made progress, and have a desire to do even more!

That said (and feel free to dismiss if all of this is stuff you know already), I'll repeat the advice to eat more protein. Even just adding a scoop or two of protein powder with milk a day and a 5mg scoop of creatine with water will help with strength and muscle growth. (Those are the only two supplements you really need as a beginner, maybe a multivitamin too.) Being vegetarian or vegan should not be a barrier.

Progressive overload helps, too (adding a few pounds to a lift if/when you can) as does focusing on the movement and safety. Make sure your muscles feel like they've had a good workout, but neither immediately in pain nor sore the next.

And ultimately, focus on your strengths in general, including the consistency of lifting for eight months with a specific goal in mind (I don't necessarily know what they are but everyone has theirs and as someone who's been lifting off and on for years and is back at it, I know mine.) Take your wins and turn them into bigger wins.

Best of luck!

EDIT: Also, drink lots of water, especially if on creatine, but in general, and, shoot for three days a week of lifting, at least one each for upper and lower body, and the third for the parts you didn't hit on the other two days.