Hello, bwgreine.
A few things to consider that might be contributing to this behavior:Does this happen with all of your Notes or only the one that loads when you open the app? If just one, does it happen with a new note you make?Has your iPhone been recently restarted? If not, please do so: Restart your iPhone. Do you access these Notes on another device or only this iPhone 11? If yes, does the behavior continue there?Are your notes synced with iCloud? If not, set that up and test for a resolution: Set up iCloud for Notes on all your devices.
Let us know if we can help with anything else at all or if this doesn't settle your issue. Thanks and have a fabulous day!