Stick with it Jen. I'm in my first year too & know just how you feel.
I have spent 9 months mainly reading, writing up a draft of my lit review & re writing my bloody propsal AGAIN & AGAIN. Though I have combined all this with a little teaching, I too am chomping at the bit to get on & actually do my research. It seems a really common experience from all the other research students I have spoken to @ my uni & am begining to see light at the end of the tunnel i.e I think my supervisors are prepared to let me move on.
Hang in there!