I’m ready to have sex!

Okay, so my boyfriend and I are both 18. We’ve known eachother our entire lives and have been talking for about 3 years until he finally asked me to be his girlfriend. We’ve been dating long distance for about 3 months and it’s amazing, we see eachother as often as we can so it’s not that bad. Everything about him is pure happiness and love. He’s my best friend and my lover all in one. The thing is we’ve been having a lot of sextual tension for eachother lately, sex talk back and fourth and more. We’re both virgins but I’m so ready to have sex with him and we’ve talked about it multiple times. We’re both ready. Ik about anything that can possibly happen, pregnancy of course and using protection. Im just asking for a little advice, should we take it slow? Or should we get it on? Also my sex hormones have been going crazy, so I’ve been thinking about having sex with him multiple times, I just don’t know what we should do. Im also mentally and physically prepared, the idea of it hurting doesn’t faze me just because I’ve played with myself before, so I’ve had a feel for everything and how I like it. Pls help a sis out :)