Hey, Bthomason77.
Congratulations on your new iPhone. I see that you're concerned on how long it's taking to upload your photos from your iPhone 11 Pro to iCloud Photos, and I'm glad to help.
Set up and use iCloud Photos -- The first time you turn on iCloud Photos, it can take quite a while to complete the upload. It scans your photos and videos to organize them into Moments, Collections and Years. It isn't recommended to start over uploading photos to iCloud as the entire process needs to start over from the beginning again.
"Pause library uploads to iCloud
When you turn on iCloud Photos, the time it takes for your photos and videos to upload to iCloud depends on the size of your collection and your Internet speed. If you have a large collection of photos and videos, your upload might take more time than usual. You can see the status and pause the upload for one day.
- On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Photos. You can also open the Photos app, go to the Photos tab, and scroll to the bottom of your screen.
- On your Mac, open the Photos app. Select Photos in the sidebar, then click Photos or Moments in the list of tabs in the toolbar. Scroll to the bottom of your photos and click Pause."
Take care.
