The simple answer is that, if you stick to your current plans, then you will not be able to apply for either ILR or British nationality. To get ILR, you (as a person married to a Brit) need to have 2 years bona-fide good-faith residence in the UK, and to apply for citizenship, you'll need one extra year on top of that. With a total of 9 months away, out of 24 months, you'll have missed more than a third of the time you need, and the Home Office (quite rightly) will not allow you to apply time spent living in America to gaining British nationality.
If you move away for two or more years, you'll have to start the process all over.
What may help slightly is staying the few extra months and getting ILR before you leave. This does not mean you can dispense with your 3 years' residence over when/if you move back; the Home Office simply will not ignore that much time away, and you will have to start over. But it would mean that you wouldn't have to get a limited visa and ILR all over again. You could just turn up and wait out your 3 years. Otherwise, if you leave now, you'll just have to start over from scratch when you return in two years' time.
what I meant by ILR expiring: **if you remain living in the UK**, ILR never expires; it is permanent by definition. However, **if you move away from the UK**, it will expire after two years if you fail to show a significant continuing involvement and presence in the UK. Basically, you have to come back from time to time; and, overall, it is best to move back for settlement within two years of leaving.
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