Notes changed to "save to icloud", but didn't save in backup

I'm hoping someone can help. I was having issues with my ipad mini and so decided to backup and do a full reset. Before I did this, I checked my notes, and transferred anything saved "on this ipad" to being saved to icloud. I think unfortunately, I probably didn't wait long enough though before I did the reset, and the notes aren't showing on icloud now. Crap. When I restarted the ipad I *did not* use the "restore" option because there was a TON of extra data on the ipad that I wanted to recover. But I thought moving them to icloud should have worked. I've got business info there, as well as monthly height/weight data on all 3 of my kids. I reallllly want that back.

Any tips? I'm looking at programs to "extract" your notes from a backup, but feeling iffy about them.